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it's<00:12:08.879><c> not</c><00:12:09.299><c> easy</c><00:12:09.759><c> to</c><00:12:10.100><c> understand</c><00:12:10.639><c> the</c><00:12:10.860><c> lessons</c><00:12:11.159><c> of</c><00:12:11.500><c> Saul.</c><00:12:12.320><c> So</c>

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an<00:12:22.259><c> attempt.</c><00:12:25.519><c> In</c><00:12:25.679><c> first</c><00:12:25.960><c> Samuel</c><00:12:26.320><c> chapter</c><00:12:26.799><c> 12</c><00:12:27.240><c> verse</c><00:12:27.480><c> 17,</c><00:12:29.159><c> quite</c><00:12:29.379><c> a</c><00:12:29.820><c> time</c><00:12:30.019><c> after</c><00:12:30.679><c> the</c><00:12:31.120><c> events</c><00:12:31.340><c> that</c><00:12:31.460><c> we're</c><00:12:31.639><c> going</c><00:12:31.740><c> to</c>

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Samuel.<00:12:38.139><c> Is</c><00:12:38.419><c> it</c><00:12:38.679><c> not</c><00:12:38.960><c> wheat</c><00:12:39.179><c> harvest</c><00:12:39.600><c> today?</c>

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that<00:12:47.860><c> your</c><00:12:48.340><c> wickedness</c><00:12:49.059><c> is</c><00:12:49.480><c> great,</c><00:12:50.340><c> which</c><00:12:50.539><c> you</c><00:12:50.740><c> have</c><00:12:51.019><c> done</c><00:12:51.299><c> in</c>

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sisters,<00:13:01.120><c> to</c><00:13:01.320><c> come</c><00:13:01.500><c> up</c><00:13:01.659><c> with</c><00:13:01.860><c> any</c><00:13:02.059><c> other</c><00:13:02.320><c> conclusion.</c>

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That's<00:13:05.379><c> the</c><00:13:05.559><c> conclusion</c><00:13:06.059><c> of</c><00:13:06.320><c> Scripture.</c><00:13:07.100><c> That</c><00:13:07.360><c> must</c><00:13:07.659><c> be</c><00:13:08.379><c> what</c>

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finally<00:13:09.259><c> satisfies</c><00:13:09.820><c> our</c><00:13:10.159><c> mind,</c><00:13:10.620><c> that</c><00:13:10.720><c> it</c><00:13:10.899><c> was</c>

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a<00:13:11.500><c> wickedness</c><00:13:12.259><c> to</c><00:13:13.539><c> ask</c><00:13:13.840><c> for</c><00:13:14.039><c> a</c><00:13:14.200><c> king.</c><00:13:15.399><c> So</c><00:13:15.659><c> let's</c><00:13:16.000><c> set</c><00:13:16.279><c> out</c><00:13:16.480><c> and</c>

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try<00:13:16.879><c> to</c><00:13:17.120><c> find</c><00:13:17.320><c> out</c><00:13:17.559><c> the</c><00:13:17.840><c> substance</c><00:13:18.220><c> of</c><00:13:18.399><c> that</c><00:13:18.679><c> statement.</c>

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Why<00:13:20.039><c> was</c><00:13:20.340><c> it?</c><00:13:20.519><c> I</c><00:13:20.600><c> mean,</c><00:13:20.960><c> we</c><00:13:21.200><c> go</c><00:13:21.320><c> back</c><00:13:21.539><c> to</c><00:13:21.700><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:13:22.200><c> it</c><00:13:22.379><c> did</c>

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God<00:13:25.519><c> knew</c><00:13:25.919><c> the</c><00:13:26.179><c> time</c><00:13:26.360><c> would</c><00:13:26.679><c> come,</c><00:13:27.379><c> but</c><00:13:28.220><c> there</c><00:13:28.440><c> was</c><00:13:28.639><c> a</c><00:13:28.919><c> wickedness</c><00:13:29.580><c> associated</c><00:13:30.299><c> with</c><00:13:30.539><c> asking</c><00:13:30.899><c> for</c><00:13:31.179><c> a</c><00:13:31.360><c> king.</c>

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Well,<00:13:33.519><c> our</c><00:13:33.820><c> story</c><00:13:34.039><c> starts</c><00:13:34.440><c> in</c><00:13:34.639><c> first</c><00:13:34.860><c> Samuel</c><00:13:35.320><c> 7.</c>

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divine<00:13:46.000><c> mind.</c><00:13:47.419><c> God</c><00:13:47.659><c> puts</c><00:13:48.000><c> events</c><00:13:48.460><c> before</c><00:13:49.000><c> others.</c>

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record<00:14:00.759><c> has</c><00:14:01.159><c> uniquely,</c><00:14:01.779><c> with</c><00:14:02.039><c> the</c><00:14:02.320><c> Spirit</c><00:14:02.480><c> of</c><00:14:02.679><c> God,</c>

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taken<00:14:03.440><c> what</c><00:14:03.700><c> God</c><00:14:04.019><c> wants</c><00:14:04.440><c> the</c><00:14:04.759><c> reader</c><00:14:05.059><c> to</c><00:14:05.820><c> see</c><00:14:06.159><c> and</c><00:14:06.580><c> behold.</c><00:14:08.179><c> And</c><00:14:08.360><c> so</c>

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unrecorded.<00:14:18.460><c> We</c><00:14:18.659><c> start</c><00:14:18.840><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.259><c> 8,</c><00:14:19.559><c> it</c><00:14:19.559><c> came</c><00:14:19.679><c> to</c><00:14:19.879><c> pass</c><00:14:20.039><c> when</c>

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wants<00:14:27.500><c> us</c><00:14:27.799><c> to</c><00:14:28.139><c> see</c><00:14:28.639><c> as</c><00:14:29.059><c> the</c><00:14:29.279><c> reader</c><00:14:29.460><c> of</c><00:14:29.639><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:14:33.700><c> it</c><00:14:33.799><c> was</c><00:14:34.039><c> about</c><00:14:34.379><c> 20</c><00:14:34.659><c> years</c><00:14:35.419><c> after</c><00:14:35.960><c> the</c><00:14:36.240><c> events</c><00:14:36.779><c> of</c><00:14:37.659><c> chapter</c><00:14:38.000><c> 6,</c><00:14:39.700><c> and</c><00:14:39.960><c> the</c><00:14:40.179><c> way</c><00:14:40.580><c> of</c>

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it<00:14:47.580><c> seems</c><00:14:47.919><c> that</c><00:14:48.500><c> almost</c><00:14:49.399><c> right</c><00:14:49.779><c> away</c>

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they<00:14:51.059><c> forgot.</c><00:14:54.220><c> And</c><00:14:54.480><c> hence,</c><00:14:55.460><c> God</c><00:14:55.720><c> brought</c><00:14:56.000><c> those</c><00:14:56.259><c> nations</c><00:14:56.720><c> back</c><00:14:57.340><c> into</c><00:14:57.679><c> their</c><00:14:57.940><c> lives.</c><00:14:59.679><c> And</c>

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just<00:15:00.220><c> a</c><00:15:00.360><c> matter</c><00:15:00.519><c> of</c><00:15:00.840><c> time,</c>

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as<00:15:01.279><c> it</c><00:15:01.440><c> seems</c><00:15:01.779><c> to</c><00:15:02.000><c> be,</c><00:15:02.259><c> there</c><00:15:02.259><c> was</c><00:15:02.500><c> this</c><00:15:02.740><c> period</c><00:15:03.019><c> of</c><00:15:03.419><c> 20</c><00:15:03.899><c> or</c><00:15:04.200><c> 40</c>

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People<00:15:08.919><c> were</c><00:15:09.299><c> oppressed</c><00:15:09.799><c> and</c><00:15:10.000><c> oppressed</c><00:15:10.440><c> until</c><00:15:10.860><c> finally</c><00:15:11.600><c> they</c><00:15:12.120><c> cried</c><00:15:12.500><c> to</c>

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and<00:15:36.500><c> serve</c><00:15:36.899><c> him</c><00:15:37.279><c> only,</c><00:15:38.159><c> and</c><00:15:38.679><c> he</c><00:15:38.840><c> will</c><00:15:39.059><c> deliver</c><00:15:39.340><c> you</c><00:15:39.500><c> out</c><00:15:39.600><c> of</c><00:15:39.700><c> the</c><00:15:40.279><c> hand</c><00:15:40.419><c> of</c>

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Asteroth<00:15:45.679><c> and</c><00:15:46.039><c> serve</c><00:15:46.379><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:47.240><c> only.</c>

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But<00:15:51.519><c> God</c><00:15:51.720><c> always</c><00:15:52.019><c> requires</c><00:15:52.559><c> faith.</c><00:15:54.080><c> And</c><00:15:54.240><c> our</c><00:15:54.419><c> God</c><00:15:54.600><c> is</c><00:15:54.840><c> so</c><00:15:55.100><c> merciful</c><00:15:55.720><c> and</c>

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that<00:15:59.000><c> he</c><00:15:59.200><c> can</c><00:15:59.419><c> work</c><00:15:59.740><c> in</c><00:15:59.919><c> the</c><00:16:00.120><c> life</c><00:16:00.379><c> of</c><00:16:00.840><c> every</c><00:16:01.539><c> single</c><00:16:02.019><c> person</c>

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to<00:16:04.100><c> develop</c><00:16:04.799><c> faith.</c><00:16:05.460><c> It</c><00:16:05.500><c> wasn't</c><00:16:05.759><c> as</c><00:16:05.980><c> if</c><00:16:06.139><c> God</c><00:16:06.419><c> expects</c><00:16:06.940><c> us</c>

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sort<00:16:08.440><c> of</c><00:16:08.620><c> like</c><00:16:09.019><c> in</c><00:16:10.120><c> absence</c><00:16:10.600><c> from</c><00:16:10.960><c> us</c><00:16:11.340><c> to</c><00:16:11.600><c> work</c><00:16:11.919><c> out</c><00:16:12.059><c> our</c><00:16:12.320><c> salvation.</c><00:16:12.799><c> He's</c>

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working<00:16:13.600><c> with</c><00:16:14.039><c> us.</c>

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So<00:16:15.559><c> God</c><00:16:15.820><c> provides</c><00:16:16.440><c> obstacles.</c><00:16:18.259><c> And</c><00:16:18.559><c> if</c><00:16:18.700><c> we</c><00:16:18.919><c> put</c><00:16:19.120><c> away</c><00:16:19.879><c> Balaam</c>

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and<00:16:21.659><c> Asteroth</c><00:16:22.159><c> and</c><00:16:22.320><c> all</c><00:16:22.480><c> the</c><00:16:22.759><c> false</c><00:16:23.019><c> gods</c><00:16:23.299><c> out</c>

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our<00:16:23.639><c> life,</c><00:16:24.179><c> then</c><00:16:24.320><c> God</c><00:16:24.539><c> is</c><00:16:24.940><c> going</c><00:16:25.139><c> to</c><00:16:25.379><c> provide</c><00:16:25.820><c> a</c><00:16:26.340><c> test.</c><00:16:28.320><c> Have</c>

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we<00:16:28.679><c> got</c><00:16:28.919><c> faith?</c><00:16:30.639><c> And</c><00:16:30.779><c> look</c><00:16:30.879><c> at</c><00:16:30.960><c> how</c><00:16:31.100><c> this</c><00:16:31.440><c> test</c><00:16:31.879><c> came.</c>

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Samuel<00:16:33.919><c> said,</c><00:16:34.299><c> gather</c><00:16:34.759><c> all</c><00:16:35.179><c> Israel</c><00:16:35.580><c> to</c><00:16:35.840><c> Mizpah,</c><00:16:36.620><c> and</c><00:16:36.720><c> I</c><00:16:36.820><c> will</c>

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pray<00:16:37.279><c> unto</c><00:16:37.639><c> you</c><00:16:38.580><c> for</c><00:16:38.899><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Now<00:16:40.320><c> there</c><00:16:40.440><c> was</c><00:16:40.740><c> a</c><00:16:40.919><c> certain</c><00:16:41.139><c> danger</c><00:16:41.779><c> in</c><00:16:42.179><c> gathering</c><00:16:42.519><c> together.</c>

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The<00:16:45.279><c> Philistines</c><00:16:45.899><c> were</c><00:16:46.179><c> their</c><00:16:46.440><c> lords,</c><00:16:47.759><c> not</c><00:16:47.960><c> their</c><00:16:48.240><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:16:49.879><c> for</c><00:16:50.100><c> Israel</c><00:16:50.600><c> the</c><00:16:50.919><c> servants</c><00:16:51.340><c> to</c><00:16:51.600><c> gather</c>

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together<00:16:52.299><c> was</c><00:16:52.559><c> a</c><00:16:52.860><c> provocation</c><00:16:53.940><c> for</c><00:16:54.480><c> war.</c><00:16:55.519><c> And</c><00:16:55.700><c> I'm</c><00:16:55.840><c> sure</c><00:16:56.059><c> the</c>

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people<00:16:56.440><c> knew</c><00:16:56.639><c> it.</c><00:16:57.639><c> If</c><00:16:57.740><c> they</c><00:16:57.899><c> were</c><00:16:58.019><c> going</c><00:16:58.139><c> to</c><00:16:58.419><c> follow</c>

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the<00:16:59.460><c> teachings</c><00:16:59.840><c> or</c><00:17:00.240><c> the</c><00:17:00.720><c> advice</c><00:17:00.980><c> of</c><00:17:01.279><c> Samuel</c><00:17:01.580><c> and</c><00:17:01.840><c> gather</c><00:17:02.039><c> together,</c><00:17:02.879><c> it</c>

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could<00:17:03.360><c> immediately</c><00:17:04.039><c> bring</c><00:17:04.359><c> upon</c><00:17:04.660><c> them</c>

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their<00:17:05.099><c> greatest</c><00:17:05.420><c> fear.</c><00:17:06.200><c> And</c><00:17:06.319><c> that</c><00:17:06.420><c> is</c><00:17:06.559><c> the</c><00:17:06.799><c> Philistines</c><00:17:07.599><c> would</c><00:17:08.119><c> see</c>

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that<00:17:08.460><c> as</c><00:17:08.640><c> a</c><00:17:08.859><c> provocation</c><00:17:09.380><c> of</c><00:17:09.559><c> war</c><00:17:09.680><c> and</c><00:17:09.859><c> come</c>

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against<00:17:10.319><c> them.</c><00:17:11.339><c> And</c><00:17:11.539><c> that's</c><00:17:11.799><c> exactly</c><00:17:12.099><c> what</c><00:17:12.400><c> happened.</c><00:17:13.960><c> Verse</c>

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six,<00:17:14.480><c> they</c><00:17:14.720><c> gathered</c><00:17:15.019><c> together</c><00:17:15.420><c> to</c><00:17:15.680><c> Mizpah</c><00:17:16.059><c> and</c>

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water<00:17:16.980><c> and</c><00:17:17.359><c> poured</c><00:17:17.559><c> it</c><00:17:17.720><c> out</c><00:17:17.900><c> before</c><00:17:18.240><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:18.779><c> which</c><00:17:18.980><c> seems</c><00:17:19.480><c> to</c>

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me<00:17:20.079><c> to</c><00:17:20.339><c> be</c><00:17:20.940><c> a</c><00:17:21.299><c> symbol</c><00:17:21.759><c> of</c><00:17:22.319><c> contrition.</c>

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I<00:17:24.720><c> can't</c><00:17:25.039><c> seem</c><00:17:25.259><c> to</c><00:17:25.460><c> find</c><00:17:25.599><c> any</c><00:17:25.859><c> other</c><00:17:26.099><c> reason</c><00:17:26.420><c> for</c><00:17:26.660><c> them</c><00:17:26.779><c> doing</c>

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that<00:17:27.359><c> except</c><00:17:27.700><c> that</c><00:17:28.279><c> being</c><00:17:28.779><c> poured</c><00:17:29.200><c> out</c><00:17:29.480><c> like</c><00:17:29.759><c> water</c>

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in<00:17:30.700><c> soul</c><00:17:31.099><c> is</c><00:17:31.640><c> to</c><00:17:31.859><c> lay</c><00:17:32.019><c> yourself</c><00:17:32.559><c> there</c><00:17:32.880><c> before</c><00:17:33.220><c> the</c><00:17:33.460><c> Lord</c><00:17:33.619><c> and</c>

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confess<00:17:34.279><c> your</c><00:17:34.579><c> faults</c><00:17:34.920><c> and</c><00:17:35.160><c> seek</c><00:17:35.460><c> his</c><00:17:35.700><c> favor.</c>

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And<00:17:36.960><c> it's</c><00:17:37.200><c> consistent</c><00:17:37.640><c> with</c><00:17:37.859><c> the</c><00:17:37.980><c> next</c><00:17:38.240><c> phrase.</c><00:17:38.619><c> They</c><00:17:38.839><c> fasted</c>

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on<00:17:39.539><c> that</c><00:17:39.779><c> day</c><00:17:39.960><c> and</c><00:17:40.220><c> said,</c><00:17:40.400><c> we</c><00:17:40.619><c> have</c><00:17:40.900><c> sinned</c><00:17:41.259><c> against</c>

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Yahweh.<00:17:43.019><c> And</c><00:17:43.180><c> Samuel</c><00:17:43.500><c> judged</c><00:17:43.819><c> the</c><00:17:44.019><c> children</c><00:17:44.240><c> of</c><00:17:44.359><c> Israel</c><00:17:44.680><c> and</c>

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Mizpah.<00:17:45.559><c> And</c><00:17:45.680><c> when</c><00:17:45.839><c> the</c><00:17:46.099><c> Philistines</c><00:17:46.500><c> heard</c><00:17:46.980><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:47.299><c> children</c><00:17:47.539><c> of</c><00:17:47.779><c> Israel</c><00:17:47.900><c> were</c><00:17:48.140><c> gathered</c><00:17:48.420><c> together</c><00:17:48.779><c> to</c><00:17:48.980><c> Mizpah,</c><00:17:49.720><c> the</c>

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lords<00:17:50.119><c> of</c><00:17:50.279><c> the</c><00:17:50.460><c> Philistines</c><00:17:50.900><c> went</c><00:17:51.119><c> up</c>

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against<00:17:51.759><c> Israel.</c><00:17:52.859><c> And</c><00:17:53.180><c> when</c><00:17:53.339><c> the</c><00:17:53.519><c> children</c><00:17:53.700><c> of</c><00:17:53.819><c> Israel</c><00:17:54.059><c> heard</c>

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it,<00:17:54.480><c> they</c><00:17:54.660><c> were</c><00:17:54.920><c> afraid</c><00:17:55.740><c> of</c><00:17:56.259><c> the</c><00:17:56.460><c> Philistines.</c>

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Now<00:18:01.000><c> isn't</c><00:18:01.160><c> it</c><00:18:01.519><c> interesting</c><00:18:02.079><c> to</c><00:18:02.740><c> sometimes</c><00:18:03.319><c> just</c><00:18:03.640><c> take</c><00:18:03.799><c> a</c><00:18:03.900><c> little</c><00:18:04.859><c> time</c><00:18:05.240><c> to</c>

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pause<00:18:06.000><c> and</c><00:18:06.319><c> reflect.</c>

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If<00:18:08.039><c> you</c><00:18:08.200><c> can</c><00:18:08.440><c> ever</c><00:18:08.799><c> remember</c><00:18:09.480><c> pushing</c><00:18:10.039><c> a</c><00:18:11.140><c> car,</c><00:18:12.460><c> you</c><00:18:12.680><c> will</c><00:18:12.900><c> know</c>

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the<00:18:13.200><c> most</c><00:18:13.519><c> difficult</c><00:18:14.000><c> thing</c><00:18:14.220><c> to</c><00:18:14.460><c> do</c><00:18:14.579><c> is</c><00:18:14.759><c> to</c><00:18:14.880><c> get</c><00:18:14.960><c> it</c>

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started.<00:18:17.640><c> Once</c><00:18:17.819><c> you've</c><00:18:18.019><c> got</c><00:18:18.079><c> it</c><00:18:18.400><c> started,</c><00:18:19.099><c> it</c><00:18:19.119><c> doesn't</c><00:18:19.440><c> retake</c><00:18:20.000><c> quite</c>

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as<00:18:20.500><c> much</c><00:18:20.759><c> effort</c><00:18:21.039><c> to</c><00:18:21.279><c> keep</c><00:18:21.380><c> it</c><00:18:21.660><c> going.</c>

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The<00:18:23.940><c> difficult</c><00:18:24.420><c> thing</c><00:18:24.700><c> is</c><00:18:24.900><c> to</c><00:18:25.059><c> get</c><00:18:25.160><c> it</c><00:18:25.559><c> started.</c><00:18:27.940><c> These</c><00:18:28.319><c> people</c><00:18:28.680><c> got</c>

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their<00:18:29.339><c> faith</c><00:18:29.619><c> started</c><00:18:30.339><c> because</c><00:18:31.079><c> they</c><00:18:31.539><c> did</c>

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gather<00:18:32.099><c> together</c><00:18:32.880><c> as</c><00:18:33.599><c> Samuel</c><00:18:34.140><c> had</c><00:18:34.460><c> requested.</c><00:18:36.000><c> But</c><00:18:36.059><c> now</c><00:18:36.220><c> they've</c><00:18:36.440><c> gathered</c><00:18:36.660><c> together,</c><00:18:37.599><c> God</c>

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was<00:18:38.319><c> taking</c><00:18:38.619><c> over</c>

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with<00:18:39.380><c> events</c><00:18:39.920><c> that</c><00:18:40.200><c> would</c><00:18:40.380><c> keep</c><00:18:40.640><c> that</c><00:18:41.019><c> faith</c><00:18:41.259><c> developing.</c><00:18:42.460><c> You're</c><00:18:42.680><c> going</c><00:18:42.759><c> to</c>

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go<00:18:43.000><c> the</c><00:18:43.140><c> way</c><00:18:43.259><c> of</c><00:18:43.500><c> faith?</c><00:18:44.299><c> All</c><00:18:44.400><c> right,</c>

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now<00:18:44.660><c> you're</c><00:18:44.819><c> going</c><00:18:44.920><c> to</c><00:18:45.059><c> need</c><00:18:45.160><c> it</c><00:18:45.440><c> because</c><00:18:45.700><c> the</c><00:18:46.000><c> Philistines</c>

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have<00:18:46.920><c> come</c><00:18:47.099><c> up</c><00:18:47.299><c> against</c><00:18:47.660><c> you.</c><00:18:49.279><c> And</c><00:18:49.480><c> without</c><00:18:49.700><c> any</c>

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preparations<00:18:50.720><c> that</c><00:18:51.000><c> they</c><00:18:51.200><c> had</c><00:18:51.400><c> taken</c><00:18:51.680><c> or</c><00:18:51.980><c> any</c><00:18:52.220><c> capability</c><00:18:52.859><c> of</c>

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going<00:18:53.299><c> out</c><00:18:53.619><c> man</c><00:18:53.900><c> for</c><00:18:54.180><c> man</c><00:18:55.059><c> in</c><00:18:55.660><c> war</c><00:18:55.859><c> against</c><00:18:56.200><c> these</c>

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people,<00:18:57.480><c> they</c><00:18:57.740><c> were</c><00:18:57.940><c> now</c><00:18:58.180><c> going</c><00:18:58.339><c> to</c><00:18:58.480><c> have</c><00:18:58.660><c> to</c><00:18:58.839><c> depend</c><00:18:59.160><c> more</c>

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upon<00:18:59.900><c> God.</c><00:19:00.299><c> And</c><00:19:00.539><c> that's</c><00:19:00.819><c> the</c><00:19:01.079><c> wonderful</c><00:19:01.519><c> way</c><00:19:01.859><c> our</c>

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father<00:19:02.839><c> works</c><00:19:03.160><c> in</c><00:19:03.359><c> our</c><00:19:03.519><c> lives,</c><00:19:04.000><c> brothers</c><00:19:04.059><c> and</c><00:19:04.299><c> sisters.</c><00:19:05.220><c> He</c>

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expects<00:19:05.640><c> us</c><00:19:05.920><c> to</c><00:19:06.180><c> take</c><00:19:06.339><c> that</c><00:19:06.579><c> initial</c><00:19:06.960><c> step.</c><00:19:08.359><c> We've</c>

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got<00:19:08.960><c> to</c><00:19:09.099><c> put</c><00:19:09.180><c> our</c><00:19:09.480><c> trust</c><00:19:09.700><c> in</c><00:19:09.859><c> him.</c><00:19:10.759><c> But</c><00:19:10.960><c> once</c><00:19:11.299><c> we've</c><00:19:11.660><c> done</c><00:19:11.859><c> it,</c>

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then<00:19:12.579><c> a</c><00:19:12.920><c> sequence</c><00:19:13.299><c> of</c><00:19:13.619><c> events</c><00:19:13.960><c> seems</c><00:19:14.359><c> to</c><00:19:14.700><c> flow</c><00:19:14.880><c> in</c>

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our<00:19:15.259><c> life</c><00:19:15.539><c> where</c><00:19:16.000><c> then</c><00:19:16.500><c> our</c><00:19:16.839><c> God</c><00:19:17.019><c> assists</c><00:19:17.460><c> us.</c><00:19:17.880><c> That's</c><00:19:18.180><c> if</c><00:19:18.319><c> we</c>

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continue<00:19:19.160><c> to</c><00:19:19.640><c> go</c><00:19:20.039><c> in</c><00:19:20.180><c> the</c><00:19:20.299><c> way</c><00:19:20.440><c> of</c><00:19:20.700><c> faith.</c><00:19:21.779><c> In</c><00:19:21.960><c> many</c>

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cases,<00:19:22.720><c> once</c><00:19:23.000><c> we've</c><00:19:23.539><c> committed</c><00:19:23.839><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:24.359><c> we</c><00:19:24.539><c> don't</c><00:19:24.740><c> have</c>

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any<00:19:25.200><c> choice.</c><00:19:27.059><c> And</c><00:19:27.500><c> we</c><00:19:27.819><c> can</c><00:19:28.079><c> rejoice</c><00:19:28.680><c> in</c><00:19:29.619><c> these</c>

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examples<00:19:30.519><c> that</c><00:19:31.119><c> illustrate</c><00:19:31.579><c> before</c><00:19:31.960><c> us</c><00:19:32.160><c> how</c><00:19:32.380><c> God</c><00:19:32.660><c> works.</c><00:19:34.779><c> So</c>

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in<00:19:35.319><c> verse</c><00:19:35.799><c> 8,</c><00:19:36.539><c> the</c><00:19:36.640><c> children</c><00:19:36.900><c> of</c><00:19:37.039><c> Israel</c><00:19:37.359><c> said</c><00:19:37.660><c> to</c>

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Samuel,<00:19:38.380><c> cease</c><00:19:38.859><c> not</c><00:19:39.380><c> to</c><00:19:39.759><c> cry</c><00:19:40.000><c> unto</c><00:19:40.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:40.680><c> our</c><00:19:40.880><c> God</c><00:19:41.099><c> for</c><00:19:41.359><c> us,</c>

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that<00:19:42.180><c> he</c><00:19:42.319><c> will</c><00:19:42.539><c> save</c><00:19:42.759><c> us</c><00:19:43.000><c> out</c><00:19:43.099><c> of</c><00:19:43.220><c> the</c><00:19:43.380><c> hand</c><00:19:43.519><c> of</c><00:19:43.700><c> the</c>

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Philistines.<00:19:44.380><c> They</c><00:19:44.640><c> knew</c><00:19:44.940><c> the</c><00:19:45.119><c> way</c><00:19:45.279><c> of</c><00:19:45.559><c> salvation</c><00:19:46.180><c> and</c><00:19:47.119><c> now</c>

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they<00:19:47.519><c> were</c><00:19:47.640><c> going</c><00:19:47.779><c> to</c><00:19:47.920><c> lean</c><00:19:48.039><c> on</c><00:19:48.220><c> it</c><00:19:48.440><c> harder</c><00:19:48.759><c> because</c>

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of<00:19:49.339><c> the</c><00:19:49.720><c> fear</c><00:19:50.059><c> of</c><00:19:50.599><c> the</c><00:19:50.799><c> assembled</c><00:19:51.319><c> Philistines.</c><00:19:55.460><c> What</c><00:19:55.579><c> a</c><00:19:55.720><c> wonderful</c><00:19:56.019><c> thing</c><00:19:56.319><c> to</c><00:19:56.519><c> have</c><00:19:56.680><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:57.000><c> like</c><00:19:57.259><c> Samuel</c><00:19:57.700><c> around</c>

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when<00:19:58.220><c> you</c><00:19:58.400><c> need</c><00:19:58.519><c> him.</c><00:20:01.700><c> Who</c><00:20:01.940><c> do</c><00:20:02.119><c> we</c><00:20:02.339><c> have</c><00:20:02.519><c> around,</c><00:20:03.000><c> brothers</c><00:20:03.079><c> and</c><00:20:03.359><c> sisters?</c><00:20:05.539><c> We</c>

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don't<00:20:06.380><c> have</c><00:20:06.700><c> a</c><00:20:06.960><c> man.</c>

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We<00:20:09.359><c> don't</c><00:20:09.599><c> have</c><00:20:09.799><c> a</c><00:20:10.059><c> group</c><00:20:10.220><c> of</c><00:20:10.539><c> men,</c><00:20:11.319><c> but</c><00:20:13.200><c> we</c><00:20:13.400><c> do</c><00:20:13.640><c> have</c><00:20:13.819><c> a</c><00:20:14.099><c> priest,</c><00:20:16.160><c> a</c><00:20:16.319><c> high</c>

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priest,<00:20:18.440><c> who</c><00:20:18.599><c> God</c><00:20:18.839><c> will</c><00:20:19.319><c> always</c><00:20:20.019><c> hear.</c>

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And<00:20:23.380><c> as</c><00:20:23.880><c> we</c><00:20:24.539><c> get</c><00:20:24.720><c> into</c><00:20:24.980><c> difficulty,</c><00:20:26.660><c> we</c><00:20:26.960><c> know</c><00:20:27.299><c> that</c><00:20:27.640><c> our</c><00:20:27.980><c> high</c>

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priest<00:20:28.740><c> is</c><00:20:29.200><c> there</c><00:20:29.460><c> to</c><00:20:29.779><c> assist</c><00:20:30.079><c> us.</c>

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So<00:20:33.119><c> the</c><00:20:33.519><c> children</c><00:20:33.859><c> of</c><00:20:34.019><c> Israel</c><00:20:34.839><c> leaned</c><00:20:35.539><c> on</c><00:20:36.039><c> Samuel.</c><00:20:37.920><c> And</c><00:20:38.180><c> Samuel,</c><00:20:38.740><c> it</c><00:20:38.740><c> says</c><00:20:38.900><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:39.240><c> 9,</c><00:20:39.539><c> took</c><00:20:39.720><c> a</c><00:20:39.980><c> sucking</c><00:20:40.220><c> lamb</c>

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and<00:20:40.819><c> offered</c><00:20:40.980><c> it</c><00:20:41.200><c> for</c><00:20:41.440><c> a</c><00:20:41.619><c> burnt</c><00:20:41.900><c> offering,</c><00:20:42.619><c> holy</c><00:20:42.940><c> unto</c><00:20:43.240><c> Yahweh.</c><00:20:44.259><c> Samuel</c>

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cried<00:20:45.039><c> unto</c><00:20:45.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:45.660><c> for</c><00:20:45.880><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:20:47.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:47.819><c> heard</c><00:20:48.720><c> him.</c><00:20:50.960><c> There</c><00:20:51.220><c> is</c><00:20:51.480><c> a</c><00:20:51.720><c> process</c><00:20:52.180><c> and</c><00:20:52.400><c> a</c><00:20:52.720><c> procedure</c><00:20:53.299><c> which</c>

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God<00:20:54.900><c> will</c><00:20:55.220><c> listen</c><00:20:55.559><c> to</c><00:20:55.940><c> and</c><00:20:56.359><c> hearken</c><00:20:56.740><c> to.</c>

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And<00:20:58.420><c> as</c><00:20:58.640><c> we've</c><00:20:58.980><c> often</c><00:20:59.339><c> seen</c><00:20:59.599><c> in</c><00:20:59.759><c> the</c><00:20:59.900><c> children</c><00:21:00.099><c> of</c><00:21:00.279><c> Israel,</c>

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God<00:21:01.640><c> says</c><00:21:01.900><c> your</c><00:21:02.180><c> sins</c><00:21:02.440><c> have</c><00:21:02.759><c> separated</c><00:21:03.240><c> you</c><00:21:03.920><c> and</c><00:21:04.180><c> me,</c>

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and<00:21:06.160><c> to</c><00:21:06.440><c> such</c><00:21:06.660><c> a</c><00:21:06.819><c> degree</c><00:21:07.000><c> at</c><00:21:07.319><c> times</c><00:21:07.619><c> that</c><00:21:07.799><c> God</c><00:21:07.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:08.279><c> listen</c><00:21:08.599><c> to</c><00:21:08.759><c> them.</c><00:21:09.200><c> You</c><00:21:09.420><c> won't</c><00:21:09.640><c> listen</c><00:21:09.900><c> to</c>

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my<00:21:10.319><c> word,</c>

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then<00:21:10.779><c> I</c><00:21:10.940><c> won't</c><00:21:11.180><c> listen</c><00:21:11.500><c> to</c><00:21:11.779><c> you</c><00:21:12.059><c> when</c><00:21:12.240><c> you</c><00:21:12.559><c> cry</c><00:21:12.779><c> unto</c><00:21:13.039><c> me.</c><00:21:15.319><c> But</c>

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God<00:21:16.079><c> will</c><00:21:16.279><c> always</c><00:21:16.559><c> listen</c><00:21:16.819><c> to</c><00:21:17.059><c> Samuel,</c>

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and<00:21:18.799><c> if</c><00:21:19.079><c> Samuel</c><00:21:19.460><c> would</c><00:21:19.759><c> cry</c><00:21:20.059><c> to</c><00:21:20.259><c> God</c><00:21:20.500><c> for</c><00:21:20.720><c> them,</c><00:21:22.640><c> then</c><00:21:22.880><c> they</c>

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would<00:21:23.200><c> have</c><00:21:23.440><c> deliverance.</c><00:21:24.619><c> Verse</c><00:21:24.920><c> 10,</c>

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Samuel<00:21:25.740><c> was</c><00:21:25.960><c> offering</c><00:21:26.380><c> up</c><00:21:26.740><c> the</c><00:21:26.960><c> burnt</c><00:21:27.220><c> offering.</c><00:21:28.420><c> The</c><00:21:28.640><c> Philistines</c><00:21:29.279><c> drew</c>

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near<00:21:30.019><c> to</c><00:21:30.339><c> battle</c><00:21:30.640><c> against</c><00:21:31.079><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:21:33.000><c> almost</c><00:21:33.359><c> like</c><00:21:33.900><c> the</c><00:21:34.079><c> verse</c><00:21:34.400><c> suggests</c><00:21:35.220><c> to</c><00:21:35.539><c> us,</c><00:21:36.000><c> these</c><00:21:36.319><c> things</c><00:21:36.539><c> were</c>

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almost<00:21:37.660><c> simultaneous.</c>

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Here's<00:21:41.380><c> Samuel</c><00:21:41.799><c> making</c><00:21:42.700><c> atonement.</c><00:21:44.380><c> Here's</c><00:21:44.799><c> Samuel</c><00:21:45.160><c> working</c>

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on<00:21:45.980><c> behalf</c><00:21:46.319><c> of</c><00:21:46.480><c> the</c><00:21:46.660><c> people.</c>

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Here's<00:21:47.839><c> the</c><00:21:48.039><c> Philistines</c><00:21:48.980><c> getting</c><00:21:49.460><c> ever</c><00:21:50.019><c> closer,</c><00:21:50.480><c> as</c><00:21:50.619><c> it</c><00:21:50.900><c> says,</c><00:21:51.400><c> draw</c><00:21:51.680><c> near</c><00:21:52.119><c> to</c>

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battle.<00:21:53.480><c> And</c><00:21:53.799><c> then</c><00:21:54.200><c> Yahweh</c>

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immediately<00:21:55.579><c> acts</c><00:21:56.480><c> on</c><00:21:56.759><c> behalf</c><00:21:57.279><c> of</c><00:21:57.599><c> the</c><00:21:57.799><c> one</c><00:21:57.940><c> who</c><00:21:58.220><c> appeals,</c><00:21:59.559><c> thundering</c><00:21:59.859><c> with</c><00:22:00.039><c> a</c>

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great<00:22:00.539><c> thunder</c><00:22:00.920><c> on</c><00:22:01.119><c> that</c><00:22:01.359><c> day</c><00:22:01.539><c> upon</c>

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the<00:22:02.059><c> Philistines</c><00:22:02.579><c> and</c><00:22:02.880><c> discomfited</c><00:22:03.480><c> them,</c><00:22:04.220><c> and</c><00:22:04.460><c> they</c><00:22:04.619><c> were</c>

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smitten<00:22:05.259><c> before</c><00:22:05.680><c> Israel.</c><00:22:07.579><c> And</c><00:22:07.779><c> then</c><00:22:07.940><c> of</c><00:22:08.000><c> course,</c>

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the<00:22:08.740><c> children</c><00:22:08.980><c> of</c><00:22:09.220><c> Israel,</c><00:22:10.759><c> once</c><00:22:11.099><c> the</c><00:22:11.539><c> Philistines</c><00:22:12.039><c> were</c><00:22:12.279><c> fleeing,</c><00:22:12.940><c> only</c><00:22:13.380><c> had</c>

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to<00:22:13.880><c> come</c><00:22:14.220><c> and</c><00:22:15.059><c> follow</c><00:22:15.279><c> them</c>

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and<00:22:16.019><c> go</c><00:22:16.259><c> after</c><00:22:16.539><c> them.</c><00:22:18.400><c> Now</c><00:22:18.579><c> this</c><00:22:18.720><c> is</c><00:22:19.039><c> a</c><00:22:19.220><c> great</c><00:22:19.500><c> example</c><00:22:20.359><c> put</c><00:22:21.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:22.039><c> scriptures</c><00:22:22.539><c> in</c><00:22:22.960><c> a</c><00:22:23.319><c> particular</c><00:22:23.759><c> place</c>

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for<00:22:25.119><c> the</c><00:22:25.400><c> edification</c><00:22:26.140><c> of</c><00:22:26.400><c> the</c><00:22:26.579><c> reader.</c><00:22:29.480><c> Sometimes</c><00:22:30.000><c> that's</c><00:22:31.799><c> where</c><00:22:32.180><c> we</c><00:22:32.339><c> don't</c><00:22:32.640><c> benefit</c><00:22:33.079><c> by</c><00:22:33.359><c> reading</c><00:22:33.619><c> a</c><00:22:33.900><c> chapter</c>

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a<00:22:34.420><c> night.</c><00:22:37.240><c> Maybe</c><00:22:37.519><c> it</c><00:22:38.059><c> doesn't</c><00:22:38.359><c> impress</c><00:22:38.779><c> us</c><00:22:39.039><c> as</c><00:22:39.299><c> much</c><00:22:39.480><c> as</c><00:22:39.619><c> it</c><00:22:39.859><c> would</c><00:22:40.039><c> if</c>

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we<00:22:40.420><c> sat</c><00:22:40.640><c> down</c><00:22:40.960><c> and</c><00:22:41.160><c> read</c><00:22:41.279><c> the</c><00:22:41.519><c> whole</c><00:22:41.700><c> life</c>

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of<00:22:42.200><c> Saul.</c><00:22:42.839><c> We</c><00:22:43.119><c> started</c><00:22:43.359><c> off</c><00:22:43.660><c> with</c><00:22:43.839><c> this</c><00:22:44.099><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.480><c> and</c><00:22:44.700><c> read</c><00:22:44.819><c> right</c><00:22:45.119><c> through.</c><00:22:45.480><c> We</c>

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would<00:22:45.720><c> see</c><00:22:45.920><c> the</c><00:22:46.160><c> chapter</c><00:22:46.400><c> to</c><00:22:46.700><c> stand</c>

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more.<00:22:48.500><c> God</c><00:22:48.900><c> started</c><00:22:49.319><c> off</c><00:22:49.680><c> with</c><00:22:50.079><c> Samuel</c><00:22:50.420><c> in</c><00:22:50.640><c> a</c><00:22:50.819><c> remarkable</c><00:22:51.460><c> way.</c><00:22:53.140><c> We</c>

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don't<00:22:53.980><c> find</c><00:22:54.200><c> a</c><00:22:54.380><c> reflection</c><00:22:54.720><c> of</c><00:22:54.920><c> that</c>

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in<00:22:56.019><c> the</c><00:22:56.140><c> later</c><00:22:56.319><c> chapters.</c><00:22:57.480><c> It</c><00:22:57.700><c> seems</c><00:22:57.940><c> the</c><00:22:58.180><c> people</c><00:22:58.420><c> forgot</c><00:22:58.859><c> it.</c>

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Yet<00:22:59.819><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:00.400><c> in</c><00:23:00.579><c> verse</c><00:23:00.759><c> 12,</c><00:23:01.160><c> took</c><00:23:01.339><c> a</c><00:23:01.700><c> stone</c><00:23:01.960><c> and</c><00:23:02.279><c> set</c>

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it<00:23:02.579><c> up</c><00:23:02.779><c> between</c><00:23:03.119><c> Mizpah</c><00:23:03.619><c> and</c><00:23:03.920><c> Shen</c><00:23:04.160><c> and</c><00:23:04.460><c> called</c><00:23:04.680><c> the</c><00:23:04.759><c> name</c><00:23:04.960><c> of</c>

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that<00:23:05.319><c> Ebenezer,</c><00:23:06.460><c> saying,</c><00:23:06.839><c> hitherto</c><00:23:07.519><c> hath</c><00:23:07.819><c> Yahweh</c>

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helped<00:23:08.640><c> us.</c><00:23:09.380><c> So</c><00:23:09.599><c> the</c><00:23:09.819><c> stone</c><00:23:10.099><c> was</c><00:23:10.359><c> a</c><00:23:10.500><c> witness,</c><00:23:11.119><c> even</c><00:23:11.619><c> though</c><00:23:11.799><c> the</c><00:23:12.000><c> people</c><00:23:12.299><c> who</c><00:23:13.059><c> could</c><00:23:13.460><c> have</c><00:23:13.720><c> remembered</c><00:23:14.079><c> it</c>

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didn't<00:23:15.960><c> remember</c><00:23:16.559><c> the</c><00:23:16.940><c> way</c><00:23:17.140><c> that</c><00:23:17.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:18.099><c> had</c><00:23:18.359><c> helped</c><00:23:18.579><c> them</c>

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in<00:23:19.039><c> the</c><00:23:19.259><c> past.</c><00:23:21.400><c> Now</c><00:23:21.519><c> this</c><00:23:21.660><c> was</c><00:23:22.000><c> no</c>

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little<00:23:23.000><c> defeat</c><00:23:23.519><c> of</c><00:23:23.799><c> the</c><00:23:23.980><c> Philistines.</c><00:23:25.279><c> As</c><00:23:25.440><c> one</c><00:23:25.599><c> might</c><00:23:25.859><c> think,</c>

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well<00:23:26.400><c> there</c><00:23:26.519><c> wasn't</c><00:23:26.799><c> anything</c><00:23:27.140><c> like</c><00:23:27.440><c> the</c><00:23:27.579><c> defeat</c>

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when<00:23:28.599><c> David</c><00:23:28.920><c> went</c><00:23:29.119><c> against</c><00:23:29.500><c> them,</c><00:23:30.460><c> in</c><00:23:30.700><c> particular</c><00:23:31.140><c> against</c>

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Goliath.<00:23:32.880><c> No,</c><00:23:33.000><c> just</c><00:23:33.240><c> look</c><00:23:33.420><c> at</c><00:23:33.559><c> verse</c><00:23:33.779><c> 13.</c>

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The<00:23:35.559><c> Philistines</c><00:23:36.220><c> were</c><00:23:36.579><c> subdued.</c><00:23:38.319><c> They</c><00:23:38.539><c> came</c><00:23:38.839><c> no</c><00:23:39.180><c> more</c><00:23:39.380><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:39.740><c> coast</c><00:23:39.940><c> of</c><00:23:40.119><c> Israel</c><00:23:40.599><c> and</c><00:23:41.160><c> the</c><00:23:41.319><c> hand</c><00:23:41.500><c> of</c><00:23:41.700><c> Yahweh</c>

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was<00:23:42.119><c> against</c><00:23:42.539><c> the</c><00:23:42.839><c> Philistines</c><00:23:43.440><c> all</c><00:23:43.960><c> the</c><00:23:44.099><c> days</c><00:23:44.299><c> of</c><00:23:44.599><c> Samuel.</c>

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And<00:23:45.559><c> the</c><00:23:45.779><c> cities</c><00:23:46.059><c> which</c><00:23:46.299><c> the</c><00:23:46.539><c> Philistines</c><00:23:46.900><c> had</c><00:23:47.180><c> taken</c>

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from<00:23:47.640><c> Israel</c><00:23:48.019><c> were</c><00:23:48.259><c> restored</c><00:23:48.740><c> to</c><00:23:49.039><c> Israel.</c><00:23:49.599><c> From</c><00:23:49.799><c> Akron</c><00:23:50.180><c> onto</c>

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Gath<00:23:50.900><c> and</c><00:23:51.079><c> the</c><00:23:51.299><c> coast</c><00:23:51.559><c> of</c><00:23:51.720><c> the</c><00:23:51.720><c> realm</c><00:23:51.819><c> did</c><00:23:52.039><c> Israel</c>

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deliver<00:23:52.960><c> out</c><00:23:53.259><c> of</c><00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.539><c> hands</c><00:23:53.660><c> of</c><00:23:53.839><c> the</c><00:23:53.960><c> Philistines.</c><00:23:54.900><c> And</c><00:23:55.059><c> there</c><00:23:55.240><c> was</c>

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peace<00:23:55.980><c> between</c><00:23:56.440><c> Israel</c><00:23:56.799><c> and</c><00:23:57.000><c> the</c><00:23:57.160><c> Amorites.</c>

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God's<00:24:00.160><c> blessing</c><00:24:00.599><c> doesn't</c><00:24:01.279><c> come</c><00:24:01.559><c> in</c><00:24:01.759><c> little</c><00:24:02.079><c> measures.</c><00:24:02.579><c> It</c><00:24:02.859><c> comes</c><00:24:03.160><c> in</c>

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big<00:24:03.900><c> measures.</c><00:24:05.759><c> When</c><00:24:06.119><c> faith</c><00:24:06.599><c> is</c><00:24:06.920><c> there</c>

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and<00:24:07.640><c> it</c><00:24:07.839><c> starts</c><00:24:08.339><c> and</c><00:24:08.759><c> commences</c><00:24:09.200><c> the</c><00:24:09.559><c> favor</c><00:24:09.819><c> of</c><00:24:10.019><c> God,</c><00:24:11.279><c> then</c><00:24:11.440><c> God's</c><00:24:11.819><c> blessing</c><00:24:12.099><c> is</c>

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obvious<00:24:12.960><c> and</c><00:24:13.460><c> will</c><00:24:13.660><c> remain</c>

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for<00:24:14.559><c> some</c><00:24:14.920><c> time.</c><00:24:18.859><c> Now</c><00:24:19.039><c> God</c><00:24:19.259><c> wants</c><00:24:19.579><c> us</c><00:24:19.859><c> to</c><00:24:20.039><c> note</c><00:24:20.240><c> that</c><00:24:20.579><c> chapter</c>

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when<00:24:21.759><c> we</c><00:24:22.039><c> start</c><00:24:22.240><c> into</c><00:24:22.480><c> the</c><00:24:22.619><c> next</c><00:24:22.839><c> chapter.</c>

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It<00:24:24.660><c> came</c><00:24:24.900><c> to</c><00:24:25.160><c> pass</c><00:24:25.359><c> when</c><00:24:25.599><c> Samuel</c><00:24:26.099><c> was</c><00:24:26.519><c> old</c><00:24:26.980><c> that</c><00:24:27.259><c> he</c><00:24:27.460><c> made</c><00:24:27.660><c> his</c>

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sons<00:24:28.319><c> judges</c><00:24:28.779><c> over</c><00:24:29.339><c> Israel.</c><00:24:30.720><c> So</c><00:24:30.980><c> this</c><00:24:31.220><c> event,</c>

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which<00:24:32.700><c> may</c><00:24:32.980><c> have</c><00:24:33.180><c> taken</c><00:24:33.420><c> a</c><00:24:33.700><c> short</c><00:24:33.980><c> time</c><00:24:34.440><c> to</c><00:24:34.700><c> actually</c><00:24:35.539><c> work</c><00:24:36.220><c> out</c><00:24:36.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:36.819><c> lives</c><00:24:36.980><c> of</c><00:24:37.180><c> these</c><00:24:37.380><c> people,</c><00:24:38.339><c> was</c><00:24:38.740><c> now</c><00:24:39.160><c> displaced</c>

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before<00:24:41.640><c> the</c><00:24:41.859><c> events</c><00:24:42.119><c> of</c><00:24:42.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:42.660><c> 8</c><00:24:42.880><c> for</c><00:24:43.220><c> some</c><00:24:43.579><c> time.</c><00:24:43.859><c> It</c><00:24:44.000><c> could</c><00:24:44.180><c> be</c><00:24:44.440><c> that</c><00:24:44.759><c> as</c><00:24:45.019><c> it</c><00:24:45.359><c> is</c><00:24:45.720><c> a</c>

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recurring<00:24:46.259><c> pattern,</c>

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another<00:24:47.619><c> generation</c><00:24:48.400><c> grew</c><00:24:48.720><c> up</c><00:24:49.000><c> which</c><00:24:49.359><c> knew</c><00:24:49.660><c> not</c><00:24:50.019><c> Yahweh.</c><00:24:51.259><c> Now</c>

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it<00:24:51.460><c> couldn't</c><00:24:51.660><c> be</c><00:24:51.960><c> entirely</c><00:24:52.319><c> true</c><00:24:52.660><c> because</c><00:24:52.980><c> Samuel</c>

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was<00:24:54.099><c> in</c><00:24:54.279><c> both</c><00:24:54.539><c> of</c><00:24:54.680><c> them.</c><00:24:55.660><c> So</c><00:24:55.900><c> there</c><00:24:56.019><c> must</c><00:24:56.259><c> have</c><00:24:56.400><c> been</c><00:24:56.500><c> people</c>

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who<00:24:57.119><c> couldn't</c><00:24:57.319><c> remember</c><00:24:57.759><c> the</c><00:24:57.960><c> events</c><00:24:58.240><c> of</c><00:24:58.500><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.779><c> 7.</c>

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But<00:25:01.859><c> that</c><00:25:02.200><c> problem,</c><00:25:02.779><c> brothers</c><00:25:02.859><c> and</c><00:25:03.119><c> sisters,</c><00:25:03.460><c> of</c><00:25:03.700><c> communicating</c><00:25:04.240><c> them</c><00:25:04.460><c> to</c>

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our<00:25:04.859><c> children,</c>

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that<00:25:06.579><c> perpetual</c><00:25:07.579><c> problem,</c><00:25:08.759><c> how</c><00:25:09.279><c> do</c><00:25:09.619><c> you</c><00:25:09.940><c> communicate</c><00:25:10.759><c> faith</c>

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to<00:25:12.019><c> your</c><00:25:12.319><c> children,</c>

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was<00:25:14.680><c> as</c><00:25:14.980><c> difficult</c><00:25:15.400><c> then</c><00:25:15.720><c> as</c><00:25:15.920><c> it</c><00:25:16.019><c> is</c><00:25:16.240><c> now.</c><00:25:18.299><c> Samuel</c><00:25:18.559><c> made</c><00:25:18.819><c> his</c>

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sons<00:25:19.400><c> judges</c><00:25:19.779><c> over</c><00:25:20.160><c> Israel.</c><00:25:21.559><c> The</c><00:25:21.660><c> name</c><00:25:21.859><c> of</c><00:25:22.019><c> the</c>

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firstborn<00:25:22.579><c> was</c><00:25:22.900><c> Joel.</c><00:25:23.220><c> It's</c><00:25:23.519><c> interesting</c><00:25:23.960><c> to</c><00:25:24.279><c> follow</c><00:25:24.519><c> Joel</c>

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through<00:25:25.819><c> in</c><00:25:27.079><c> the</c><00:25:27.299><c> Bible</c><00:25:27.680><c> to</c><00:25:28.240><c> see</c><00:25:28.619><c> how</c><00:25:28.880><c> that</c><00:25:29.039><c> although</c>

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he<00:25:29.420><c> may</c><00:25:29.619><c> not</c><00:25:29.920><c> have</c><00:25:30.059><c> been</c><00:25:30.359><c> faithful</c><00:25:30.859><c> all</c><00:25:31.339><c> through</c><00:25:31.519><c> his</c><00:25:31.799><c> life,</c>

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there's<00:25:34.140><c> not</c><00:25:34.339><c> much</c><00:25:34.579><c> mentioned</c><00:25:35.079><c> about</c><00:25:35.420><c> him</c><00:25:35.700><c> after</c>

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this,<00:25:37.099><c> yet</c><00:25:37.319><c> his</c><00:25:37.700><c> sons</c><00:25:37.900><c> and</c><00:25:38.079><c> his</c><00:25:38.359><c> grandsons</c><00:25:38.900><c> were</c><00:25:39.140><c> taken</c><00:25:39.480><c> for</c>

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singers<00:25:40.880><c> and</c><00:25:41.680><c> were</c><00:25:42.180><c> in</c><00:25:42.859><c> high</c><00:25:43.140><c> elevation</c><00:25:43.740><c> in</c><00:25:43.940><c> Israel</c>

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during<00:25:44.559><c> the</c><00:25:44.799><c> time</c><00:25:44.920><c> of</c><00:25:45.180><c> David.</c><00:25:47.359><c> His</c><00:25:47.640><c> sons,</c><00:25:47.940><c> verse</c><00:25:48.200><c> 3,</c><00:25:48.700><c> walked</c>

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not<00:25:49.259><c> in</c><00:25:49.559><c> his</c><00:25:49.859><c> ways</c><00:25:50.180><c> but</c><00:25:50.460><c> turned</c><00:25:50.799><c> aside</c><00:25:51.200><c> after</c>

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Luke<00:25:51.940><c> and</c><00:25:52.539><c> took</c><00:25:52.900><c> bribes</c><00:25:53.539><c> and</c><00:25:53.799><c> perverted</c><00:25:54.220><c> judgment.</c>

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Then<00:25:57.779><c> all</c><00:25:58.000><c> the</c><00:25:58.119><c> elders</c><00:25:58.339><c> of</c><00:25:58.480><c> Israel</c><00:25:58.799><c> gathered</c><00:25:59.119><c> themselves</c><00:25:59.599><c> together</c><00:25:59.980><c> and</c>

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came<00:26:00.440><c> to</c><00:26:00.740><c> Samuel</c><00:26:01.039><c> unto</c>

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Ramah<00:26:01.680><c> and</c><00:26:01.819><c> said</c><00:26:01.960><c> unto</c><00:26:02.200><c> him,</c><00:26:02.519><c> Behold</c><00:26:03.019><c> thou</c><00:26:03.259><c> art</c><00:26:03.660><c> old</c><00:26:04.240><c> and</c><00:26:04.779><c> thy</c>

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sons<00:26:05.359><c> walk</c><00:26:05.759><c> not</c><00:26:06.180><c> in</c><00:26:06.400><c> thy</c><00:26:06.539><c> ways.</c>

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Now<00:26:07.839><c> make</c><00:26:08.059><c> us</c><00:26:08.279><c> a</c><00:26:08.500><c> king</c><00:26:08.839><c> to</c><00:26:09.240><c> judge</c><00:26:09.440><c> us</c><00:26:09.660><c> like</c><00:26:09.940><c> all</c><00:26:10.299><c> the</c><00:26:10.460><c> nations.</c>

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Brothers<00:26:16.539><c> and</c><00:26:17.220><c> sisters,</c><00:26:17.619><c> there</c><00:26:17.839><c> are</c><00:26:18.180><c> little</c><00:26:18.700><c> phrases</c><00:26:19.539><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:20.960><c> Bible</c><00:26:21.480><c> uses</c><00:26:22.339><c> that</c><00:26:24.160><c> should,</c><00:26:24.980><c> if</c><00:26:25.259><c> we</c><00:26:25.480><c> are</c><00:26:25.660><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:26:26.359><c> them,</c><00:26:27.680><c> sort</c><00:26:27.799><c> of</c><00:26:28.039><c> set</c><00:26:28.240><c> off</c><00:26:29.160><c> alarm</c><00:26:29.579><c> signals</c><00:26:30.019><c> in</c><00:26:30.259><c> our</c><00:26:30.460><c> mind.</c>

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It<00:26:31.039><c> should</c><00:26:31.160><c> be</c><00:26:31.339><c> little</c><00:26:31.660><c> buzzers</c><00:26:32.299><c> and</c><00:26:32.980><c> red</c>

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flashers<00:26:33.940><c> and</c><00:26:34.200><c> things.</c><00:26:35.240><c> Whenever</c><00:26:36.119><c> any</c><00:26:36.920><c> spiritual</c><00:26:37.559><c> person</c><00:26:38.220><c> or</c>

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assembly<00:26:39.359><c> wants</c><00:26:40.180><c> to</c><00:26:40.420><c> be</c><00:26:40.559><c> like</c><00:26:40.920><c> all</c><00:26:41.359><c> the</c><00:26:41.599><c> nations,</c>

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that's<00:26:44.640><c> the</c><00:26:44.859><c> opposite</c><00:26:45.400><c> way</c><00:26:45.880><c> we're</c><00:26:46.180><c> going.</c><00:26:47.240><c> That's</c><00:26:47.720><c> going</c><00:26:47.960><c> backwards</c><00:26:48.640><c> where</c><00:26:49.559><c> God</c>

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wants<00:26:50.160><c> us</c><00:26:50.339><c> to</c><00:26:50.539><c> be</c><00:26:50.720><c> a</c><00:26:51.079><c> special</c><00:26:51.500><c> group</c>

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of<00:26:52.099><c> people</c><00:26:52.559><c> showing</c><00:26:53.079><c> forth</c><00:26:53.480><c> his</c><00:26:53.779><c> praises</c><00:26:54.640><c> so</c><00:26:55.819><c> that</c><00:26:56.039><c> anything</c>

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that<00:26:57.619><c> bears</c><00:26:57.839><c> a</c><00:26:58.220><c> resemblance</c><00:26:58.759><c> to</c><00:26:59.039><c> that</c><00:26:59.400><c> phrase</c>

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like<00:27:01.259><c> all</c><00:27:01.819><c> the</c><00:27:02.019><c> nations,</c><00:27:03.559><c> without</c><00:27:03.940><c> maybe</c><00:27:04.299><c> necessarily</c><00:27:04.940><c> understanding</c><00:27:05.380><c> all</c>

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the<00:27:05.940><c> implications,</c><00:27:06.539><c> we</c><00:27:06.819><c> should</c>

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immediately<00:27:08.039><c> see</c><00:27:08.859><c> an</c><00:27:09.079><c> alarm.</c><00:27:10.980><c> And</c><00:27:11.079><c> yet</c><00:27:11.200><c> these</c><00:27:11.400><c> people</c><00:27:11.619><c> were</c>

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so<00:27:12.140><c> bold</c><00:27:12.740><c> as</c><00:27:13.920><c> to</c><00:27:14.240><c> state</c><00:27:14.400><c> it</c><00:27:14.599><c> openly,</c>

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we<00:27:15.660><c> want</c><00:27:15.980><c> a</c><00:27:16.220><c> king</c><00:27:16.380><c> like</c><00:27:16.660><c> all</c><00:27:16.980><c> the</c><00:27:17.160><c> nations.</c><00:27:18.579><c> It</c><00:27:18.799><c> illustrates,</c>

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:21.240
it<00:27:19.579><c> seems,</c><00:27:19.839><c> how</c><00:27:20.259><c> far</c><00:27:20.559><c> these</c><00:27:20.880><c> people</c>

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:25.480
had<00:27:21.680><c> separated</c><00:27:22.059><c> themselves</c><00:27:22.599><c> from</c><00:27:23.019><c> the</c><00:27:23.319><c> pure</c><00:27:23.579><c> worship</c><00:27:24.000><c> of</c><00:27:24.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:24.839><c> and</c>

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faith<00:27:25.819><c> in</c><00:27:26.180><c> him.</c>

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:39.880
Now<00:27:33.779><c> this</c><00:27:34.019><c> idea</c><00:27:34.440><c> of</c><00:27:35.119><c> Samuel</c><00:27:35.740><c> knowing</c><00:27:36.700><c> God,</c><00:27:38.380><c> isn't</c><00:27:38.539><c> it</c><00:27:38.859><c> interesting</c><00:27:39.279><c> how</c><00:27:39.660><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:40.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:40.500><c> eight,</c>

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:46.460
it<00:27:41.940><c> tells</c><00:27:42.220><c> us</c><00:27:42.480><c> in</c><00:27:43.799><c> the</c><00:27:43.839><c> very</c><00:27:44.380><c> next</c><00:27:45.019><c> verse</c><00:27:45.500><c> where</c><00:27:45.880><c> we</c><00:27:46.099><c> get</c><00:27:46.240><c> the</c>

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reaction<00:27:46.880><c> of</c><00:27:47.180><c> Samuel,</c><00:27:48.380><c> that</c><00:27:48.579><c> Samuel</c>

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:54.039
immediately<00:27:50.160><c> praised</c><00:27:50.740><c> the</c><00:27:50.980><c> Yahweh.</c><00:27:52.920><c> The</c><00:27:53.200><c> thing</c><00:27:53.440><c> displeased</c>

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.940
Samuel<00:27:54.539><c> when</c><00:27:54.740><c> they</c><00:27:55.019><c> said,</c><00:27:55.319><c> Give</c><00:27:55.319><c> us</c><00:27:55.579><c> a</c><00:27:55.759><c> king</c><00:27:55.940><c> to</c><00:27:56.180><c> judge</c><00:27:56.420><c> us.</c>

00:27:56.940 --> 00:28:02.940
And<00:27:57.500><c> Samuel</c><00:27:57.960><c> prayed</c><00:27:58.779><c> unto</c><00:27:59.279><c> Yahweh.</c><00:28:01.920><c> Samuel,</c>

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:08.480
it<00:28:04.980><c> seems,</c><00:28:05.759><c> demonstrated</c><00:28:06.299><c> characteristics</c><00:28:07.079><c> much</c><00:28:07.440><c> like</c><00:28:08.019><c> in</c>

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.480
our<00:28:08.740><c> life.</c><00:28:09.119><c> You</c><00:28:09.240><c> can</c><00:28:09.539><c> see</c><00:28:09.759><c> people</c><00:28:10.279><c> who</c><00:28:10.680><c> have</c>

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:16.799
grown<00:28:11.859><c> so</c><00:28:12.279><c> accustomed</c><00:28:12.700><c> to</c><00:28:13.039><c> their</c><00:28:13.279><c> line</c><00:28:13.539><c> of</c><00:28:13.880><c> work</c><00:28:14.200><c> that</c><00:28:14.599><c> it's</c><00:28:15.299><c> almost</c><00:28:16.339><c> a</c>

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.359
marvel<00:28:17.039><c> to</c><00:28:17.240><c> see</c><00:28:17.400><c> them.</c><00:28:17.799><c> And</c><00:28:18.039><c> one</c><00:28:18.119><c> of</c><00:28:18.220><c> the</c>

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:23.099
examples<00:28:18.700><c> of</c><00:28:18.920><c> that</c><00:28:19.039><c> is</c><00:28:19.180><c> a</c><00:28:19.299><c> person</c><00:28:19.539><c> who's</c><00:28:19.819><c> operating</c><00:28:20.160><c> a</c><00:28:20.440><c> backhoe.</c><00:28:21.980><c> If</c><00:28:22.220><c> you've</c><00:28:22.339><c> ever</c><00:28:22.640><c> seen</c><00:28:22.859><c> a</c>

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.880
backhoe<00:28:23.440><c> and</c><00:28:23.559><c> you</c><00:28:23.740><c> see</c>

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:26.579
all<00:28:24.039><c> the</c><00:28:24.400><c> levers</c><00:28:24.839><c> that</c><00:28:25.119><c> a</c><00:28:25.200><c> person</c><00:28:25.460><c> has</c><00:28:25.720><c> to</c><00:28:25.900><c> work,</c><00:28:26.099><c> but</c><00:28:26.279><c> you</c><00:28:26.440><c> see</c>

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:29.059
an<00:28:26.839><c> operator</c><00:28:27.119><c> who</c><00:28:27.380><c> is</c><00:28:27.700><c> really</c><00:28:28.099><c> skilled</c><00:28:28.480><c> at</c><00:28:28.740><c> it.</c>

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:31.759
It<00:28:29.660><c> seems</c><00:28:29.920><c> as</c><00:28:30.059><c> if</c><00:28:30.220><c> all</c><00:28:30.380><c> of</c><00:28:30.579><c> a</c><00:28:30.599><c> sudden</c><00:28:30.819><c> it's</c><00:28:30.980><c> just</c><00:28:31.200><c> an</c><00:28:31.359><c> extension</c>

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:34.059
of<00:28:31.940><c> his</c><00:28:32.200><c> body</c><00:28:32.460><c> to</c><00:28:32.700><c> reach</c><00:28:33.000><c> out</c><00:28:33.279><c> and</c><00:28:33.660><c> to</c><00:28:33.940><c> bring</c>

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:36.779
things<00:28:34.380><c> and</c><00:28:34.579><c> to</c><00:28:34.700><c> whip</c><00:28:34.799><c> around</c><00:28:35.180><c> and</c><00:28:35.359><c> to</c><00:28:35.539><c> dump</c><00:28:35.660><c> it,</c><00:28:36.039><c> and</c><00:28:36.299><c> it</c><00:28:36.500><c> just</c>

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:40.319
works<00:28:37.220><c> wonderfully.</c><00:28:39.000><c> That's</c><00:28:39.299><c> practice.</c>

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.880
That's<00:28:41.799><c> days</c><00:28:42.259><c> and</c><00:28:42.539><c> days</c><00:28:42.920><c> of</c><00:28:43.259><c> practice.</c><00:28:44.000><c> Well</c><00:28:44.220><c> here's</c><00:28:44.539><c> a</c><00:28:44.740><c> man</c>

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.160
who<00:28:45.180><c> worked</c><00:28:45.319><c> with</c><00:28:45.539><c> his</c><00:28:45.819><c> God,</c><00:28:46.220><c> just</c><00:28:46.519><c> like</c><00:28:46.720><c> that</c><00:28:46.960><c> man</c>

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:50.500
with<00:28:47.339><c> the</c><00:28:47.539><c> backhoe.</c><00:28:48.779><c> Spiritual</c><00:28:49.259><c> things</c><00:28:49.720><c> for</c><00:28:49.940><c> him</c><00:28:50.140><c> were</c><00:28:50.279><c> just</c>

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.539
like<00:28:50.660><c> an</c><00:28:51.019><c> extension</c><00:28:51.319><c> of</c><00:28:51.500><c> his</c><00:28:51.740><c> body.</c>

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:54.859
You<00:28:53.019><c> give</c><00:28:53.160><c> me</c><00:28:53.339><c> a</c><00:28:53.500><c> problem</c><00:28:53.700><c> like</c><00:28:53.980><c> that,</c><00:28:54.160><c> you</c><00:28:54.299><c> make</c><00:28:54.480><c> a</c><00:28:54.680><c> statement</c>

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.859
like<00:28:55.119><c> that,</c><00:28:55.240><c> the</c><00:28:55.539><c> first</c><00:28:55.839><c> thing</c><00:28:56.039><c> he</c><00:28:56.200><c> will</c><00:28:56.420><c> do</c>

00:28:56.859 --> 00:29:00.799
is<00:28:57.519><c> appeal</c><00:28:57.759><c> to</c><00:28:57.940><c> God.</c><00:28:58.900><c> That</c><00:28:59.200><c> may</c><00:28:59.500><c> not,</c><00:28:59.779><c> however,</c><00:29:00.160><c> be</c><00:29:00.359><c> the</c><00:29:00.559><c> first</c>

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.380
thing<00:29:01.099><c> we</c><00:29:01.380><c> would</c><00:29:01.619><c> do.</c>

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:06.599
And<00:29:03.960><c> that's</c><00:29:04.240><c> an</c><00:29:04.460><c> aim,</c><00:29:05.160><c> brothers</c><00:29:05.240><c> and</c><00:29:05.539><c> sisters,</c><00:29:05.940><c> to</c><00:29:06.160><c> know</c><00:29:06.400><c> how</c>

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:10.319
to<00:29:07.099><c> instinctively</c><00:29:07.859><c> react</c><00:29:08.539><c> to</c><00:29:09.579><c> a</c><00:29:09.920><c> statement</c>

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.980
like<00:29:11.039><c> all</c><00:29:11.579><c> the</c><00:29:11.779><c> nations.</c><00:29:13.079><c> He</c><00:29:13.420><c> knew</c><00:29:13.660><c> that</c><00:29:13.880><c> wasn't</c><00:29:14.259><c> in</c><00:29:14.480><c> tune</c><00:29:14.579><c> with</c><00:29:14.759><c> his</c>

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:18.599
God,<00:29:15.539><c> so</c><00:29:15.779><c> immediately</c><00:29:16.380><c> he</c><00:29:17.519><c> prays</c><00:29:17.859><c> unto</c><00:29:18.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:24.480
No,<00:29:19.240><c> even</c><00:29:19.519><c> Joshua</c><00:29:20.140><c> in</c><00:29:21.640><c> his</c><00:29:22.079><c> initial</c><00:29:22.700><c> work</c><00:29:23.180><c> did</c><00:29:23.859><c> not</c><00:29:24.079><c> come</c><00:29:24.259><c> off</c>

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.700
that<00:29:24.759><c> well.</c><00:29:26.099><c> You</c><00:29:26.279><c> remember</c><00:29:26.460><c> when</c><00:29:26.740><c> the</c><00:29:27.160><c> people</c>

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:33.720
came<00:29:28.000><c> up</c><00:29:28.640><c> from</c><00:29:29.019><c> Gibeon</c><00:29:29.480><c> and</c><00:29:30.319><c> Joshua</c><00:29:33.000><c> and</c><00:29:33.180><c> the</c><00:29:33.299><c> elders</c><00:29:33.460><c> didn't</c>

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:35.099
know<00:29:33.900><c> where</c><00:29:34.039><c> they'd</c><00:29:34.339><c> come</c><00:29:34.500><c> from.</c><00:29:34.859><c> There</c><00:29:34.900><c> was</c>

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:38.680
everything<00:29:35.700><c> about</c><00:29:36.259><c> them</c><00:29:36.779><c> and</c><00:29:37.200><c> appearance</c><00:29:37.599><c> and</c><00:29:37.779><c> what</c><00:29:37.940><c> they</c><00:29:38.220><c> brought</c><00:29:38.480><c> to</c>

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:40.099
illustrate<00:29:39.099><c> the</c><00:29:39.339><c> idea</c><00:29:39.660><c> that</c><00:29:39.799><c> they'd</c>

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:44.640
come<00:29:40.240><c> from</c><00:29:40.420><c> a</c><00:29:40.559><c> long</c><00:29:40.779><c> way.</c><00:29:41.240><c> They</c><00:29:41.700><c> didn't</c><00:29:42.220><c> instinctively</c><00:29:44.000><c> ask</c>

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.480
for<00:29:44.980><c> Yahweh's</c><00:29:45.599><c> counsel.</c>

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:56.859
And<00:29:51.880><c> to</c><00:29:51.880><c> illustrate</c><00:29:52.380><c> maybe</c><00:29:52.960><c> the</c><00:29:53.700><c> opposite,</c><00:29:54.480><c> King</c><00:29:54.740><c> Saul.</c><00:29:56.859><c> And</c>

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.440
sometimes<00:29:57.539><c> that</c><00:29:57.839><c> is</c><00:29:58.119><c> the</c><00:29:58.259><c> way</c><00:29:58.380><c> we</c><00:29:58.700><c> find</c><00:29:59.019><c> characters</c>

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.220
set<00:29:59.819><c> in</c><00:30:00.099><c> the</c><00:30:00.279><c> scriptures,</c><00:30:01.079><c> where</c><00:30:01.180><c> we</c><00:30:01.420><c> find</c><00:30:01.619><c> someone</c><00:30:02.079><c> with</c><00:30:02.480><c> just</c><00:30:02.880><c> no</c>

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.259
spirituality<00:30:03.920><c> at</c><00:30:04.640><c> all,</c><00:30:05.099><c> it</c><00:30:05.099><c> seems,</c>

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:08.900
in<00:30:05.380><c> their</c><00:30:05.579><c> life,</c><00:30:06.180><c> contrasted</c><00:30:06.559><c> with</c><00:30:06.759><c> some</c><00:30:06.980><c> who</c><00:30:07.119><c> was</c><00:30:07.460><c> very</c><00:30:07.940><c> spiritual</c><00:30:08.480><c> in</c>

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their<00:30:09.119><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:30:12.119><c> also</c><00:30:12.420><c> brought</c><00:30:12.619><c> out</c><00:30:12.759><c> in</c><00:30:12.900><c> verse</c><00:30:13.119><c> seven,</c><00:30:14.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:14.819><c> said</c><00:30:15.000><c> unto</c><00:30:15.240><c> Samuel,</c><00:30:15.759><c> hearken</c><00:30:16.160><c> unto</c><00:30:16.380><c> the</c>

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.319
voice<00:30:16.799><c> of</c><00:30:16.940><c> the</c><00:30:17.079><c> people</c>

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.579
and<00:30:17.519><c> all</c><00:30:17.700><c> that</c><00:30:17.859><c> they</c><00:30:18.099><c> say</c><00:30:18.240><c> unto</c><00:30:18.460><c> thee,</c><00:30:18.839><c> for</c><00:30:18.960><c> they</c><00:30:19.160><c> have</c><00:30:19.380><c> not</c>

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:21.940
rejected<00:30:20.079><c> thee,</c><00:30:20.460><c> but</c><00:30:20.619><c> they</c><00:30:20.799><c> have</c><00:30:20.980><c> rejected</c><00:30:21.400><c> me,</c>

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:25.920
that<00:30:22.319><c> I</c><00:30:22.539><c> should</c><00:30:22.720><c> not</c><00:30:22.980><c> reign</c><00:30:23.140><c> over</c><00:30:23.380><c> them.</c><00:30:24.920><c> And</c><00:30:25.220><c> the</c><00:30:25.400><c> suggestion</c>

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:29.400
is<00:30:26.380><c> in</c><00:30:26.599><c> God's</c><00:30:27.019><c> reply</c><00:30:27.700><c> that</c><00:30:28.460><c> that's</c><00:30:28.940><c> how</c>

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:33.799
bad<00:30:29.740><c> Samuel</c><00:30:30.180><c> felt</c><00:30:30.519><c> about</c><00:30:30.799><c> it.</c><00:30:31.319><c> They</c><00:30:31.519><c> had</c><00:30:31.740><c> rejected</c><00:30:32.099><c> him.</c><00:30:33.700><c> Now</c>

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.940
that's<00:30:34.039><c> worth</c><00:30:34.240><c> thinking</c><00:30:34.599><c> a</c><00:30:34.740><c> little</c><00:30:34.920><c> about.</c>

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:43.559
Why<00:30:36.440><c> or</c><00:30:36.900><c> under</c><00:30:37.160><c> what</c><00:30:38.140><c> means</c><00:30:38.960><c> would</c><00:30:39.900><c> we</c><00:30:40.220><c> come</c><00:30:40.400><c> to</c><00:30:40.579><c> the</c><00:30:40.759><c> conclusion</c><00:30:41.359><c> that</c><00:30:41.839><c> Samuel</c><00:30:42.339><c> was</c><00:30:42.859><c> rejected</c>

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:49.700
and<00:30:43.859><c> them</c><00:30:44.140><c> asking</c><00:30:44.500><c> for</c><00:30:44.799><c> a</c><00:30:45.059><c> king?</c><00:30:46.200><c> He</c><00:30:46.380><c> wasn't</c><00:30:46.720><c> a</c><00:30:46.940><c> king.</c><00:30:48.200><c> He</c><00:30:48.460><c> wasn't</c><00:30:48.619><c> rejecting</c><00:30:49.119><c> him</c>

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.539
to<00:30:50.240><c> have</c><00:30:50.359><c> a</c><00:30:50.599><c> king.</c><00:30:51.039><c> It</c><00:30:51.259><c> doesn't</c>

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:56.099
even<00:30:51.880><c> suggest</c><00:30:52.519><c> immediately</c><00:30:53.299><c> that</c><00:30:54.660><c> they</c><00:30:55.099><c> thought</c><00:30:55.460><c> this</c><00:30:55.819><c> would</c>

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.859
be<00:30:56.319><c> in</c><00:30:56.599><c> lieu</c><00:30:56.920><c> of</c><00:30:57.259><c> having</c><00:30:57.519><c> Samuel.</c><00:30:58.299><c> In</c><00:30:58.500><c> other</c><00:30:58.599><c> words,</c>

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we<00:30:59.019><c> don't</c><00:30:59.240><c> want</c><00:30:59.480><c> you</c><00:30:59.700><c> anymore,</c><00:31:00.019><c> Samuel,</c><00:31:01.200><c> although</c><00:31:01.339><c> it's</c><00:31:01.559><c> possible</c><00:31:02.019><c> that</c>

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.400
they<00:31:02.380><c> thought</c><00:31:02.500><c> he</c><00:31:02.640><c> would</c><00:31:02.839><c> die.</c><00:31:03.099><c> He</c><00:31:03.220><c> was</c>

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:06.160
getting<00:31:03.619><c> old</c><00:31:03.920><c> and</c><00:31:04.079><c> his</c><00:31:04.240><c> sons</c><00:31:04.380><c> weren't</c><00:31:04.619><c> walking</c><00:31:04.980><c> in</c><00:31:05.119><c> his</c><00:31:05.279><c> ways.</c>

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.579
I<00:31:08.200><c> think</c><00:31:08.440><c> what</c><00:31:09.220><c> we</c><00:31:09.660><c> see</c><00:31:09.819><c> here</c>

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:19.599
is<00:31:12.619><c> that</c><00:31:13.099><c> Samuel</c><00:31:13.960><c> remembered</c><00:31:15.200><c> the</c><00:31:15.519><c> events</c><00:31:15.960><c> of</c><00:31:16.240><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.680><c> seven.</c><00:31:19.059><c> Samuel</c><00:31:19.359><c> knew</c>

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:21.220
they<00:31:19.779><c> didn't</c><00:31:20.059><c> need</c><00:31:20.259><c> a</c><00:31:20.480><c> king.</c>

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:25.279
In<00:31:22.039><c> other</c><00:31:22.220><c> words,</c><00:31:22.519><c> there</c><00:31:22.619><c> was</c><00:31:22.960><c> a</c><00:31:23.339><c> line</c><00:31:23.779><c> of</c><00:31:24.220><c> salvation</c><00:31:24.740><c> open</c><00:31:25.079><c> to</c>

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.200
these<00:31:25.539><c> people,</c><00:31:26.700><c> which</c><00:31:26.859><c> would</c><00:31:27.180><c> not</c><00:31:27.420><c> be</c><00:31:27.740><c> better</c>

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:32.579
or<00:31:28.839><c> necessarily</c><00:31:29.440><c> worse</c><00:31:29.960><c> by</c><00:31:30.259><c> having</c><00:31:30.460><c> a</c><00:31:30.740><c> king.</c><00:31:31.880><c> It</c><00:31:31.900><c> was</c><00:31:32.299><c> the</c><00:31:32.440><c> way</c>

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:35.759
of<00:31:32.799><c> salvation</c><00:31:33.200><c> didn't</c><00:31:33.579><c> include</c><00:31:34.160><c> having</c><00:31:34.519><c> a</c><00:31:34.920><c> king.</c>

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:41.720
It<00:31:37.299><c> was</c><00:31:37.579><c> a</c><00:31:37.660><c> matter</c><00:31:37.920><c> of</c><00:31:38.779><c> walking</c><00:31:39.240><c> in</c><00:31:39.680><c> the</c><00:31:39.839><c> ways</c><00:31:40.019><c> of</c><00:31:40.259><c> God,</c><00:31:40.779><c> obeying</c><00:31:41.460><c> his</c>

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:43.900
commandments,<00:31:42.900><c> and</c><00:31:43.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:43.440><c> would</c><00:31:43.680><c> work</c>

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:46.799
for<00:31:44.099><c> them</c><00:31:44.440><c> as</c><00:31:44.680><c> he</c><00:31:44.940><c> did</c><00:31:45.140><c> in</c><00:31:45.480><c> the</c><00:31:45.599><c> events</c><00:31:45.940><c> of</c><00:31:46.160><c> chapter</c><00:31:46.519><c> seven.</c>

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:50.819
But<00:31:47.039><c> these</c><00:31:47.299><c> people</c><00:31:48.579><c> had</c><00:31:49.160><c> separated</c><00:31:49.500><c> themselves</c>

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:55.460
from<00:31:51.640><c> the</c><00:31:51.839><c> events</c><00:31:52.039><c> of</c><00:31:52.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:52.539><c> seven.</c><00:31:53.059><c> As</c><00:31:53.319><c> it</c><00:31:53.740><c> often</c><00:31:54.440><c> says</c><00:31:55.140><c> in</c>

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:59.539
the<00:31:55.680><c> Bible,</c><00:31:56.539><c> they</c><00:31:56.980><c> forgot</c><00:31:57.940><c> God.</c>

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:03.960
Now<00:32:01.299><c> I</c><00:32:01.319><c> don't</c><00:32:01.640><c> think</c><00:32:01.819><c> that</c><00:32:02.119><c> means</c><00:32:02.359><c> that</c><00:32:02.539><c> they</c><00:32:02.759><c> entirely</c><00:32:03.380><c> forgot</c><00:32:03.779><c> him.</c>

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.240
In<00:32:04.099><c> other</c><00:32:04.279><c> words,</c><00:32:04.440><c> they</c><00:32:04.619><c> couldn't</c><00:32:04.940><c> answer</c>

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:09.259
a<00:32:05.420><c> few</c><00:32:05.619><c> questions</c><00:32:06.380><c> about</c><00:32:06.980><c> God.</c><00:32:08.119><c> But</c><00:32:08.319><c> in</c><00:32:08.460><c> terms</c><00:32:08.759><c> of</c><00:32:09.000><c> the</c><00:32:09.119><c> way</c>

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:12.059
they<00:32:09.420><c> were</c><00:32:09.640><c> operating,</c><00:32:10.319><c> the</c><00:32:10.460><c> principles</c><00:32:11.079><c> which</c>

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:16.819
Yahweh<00:32:12.480><c> has</c><00:32:12.799><c> given</c><00:32:12.960><c> us</c><00:32:13.220><c> to</c><00:32:13.420><c> live</c><00:32:13.579><c> by</c><00:32:13.839><c> weren't</c><00:32:14.079><c> in</c><00:32:14.359><c> their</c><00:32:14.640><c> heads.</c><00:32:16.619><c> And</c>

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:19.880
all<00:32:17.000><c> of</c><00:32:17.140><c> us</c><00:32:17.400><c> know,</c><00:32:17.980><c> I'm</c><00:32:18.380><c> sure</c><00:32:18.619><c> we</c><00:32:18.880><c> know,</c>

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:23.259
that<00:32:20.359><c> if</c><00:32:20.460><c> you</c><00:32:20.680><c> don't</c><00:32:20.980><c> do</c><00:32:21.200><c> the</c><00:32:21.359><c> readings</c><00:32:21.680><c> consistently</c><00:32:22.720><c> for</c><00:32:23.079><c> a</c>

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.940
couple<00:32:23.460><c> of</c><00:32:23.619><c> weeks,</c><00:32:23.839><c> you</c><00:32:24.119><c> feel</c><00:32:24.420><c> differently</c>

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:27.940
without<00:32:25.440><c> ever</c><00:32:25.720><c> being</c><00:32:25.900><c> able</c><00:32:26.160><c> to</c><00:32:26.359><c> describe</c><00:32:26.779><c> exactly</c><00:32:27.380><c> how</c><00:32:27.680><c> you</c>

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.059
feel<00:32:28.099><c> differently.</c>

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:34.079
Well,<00:32:31.299><c> I</c><00:32:31.380><c> guess</c><00:32:31.559><c> it's</c><00:32:31.799><c> a</c><00:32:31.920><c> bit</c><00:32:32.019><c> like</c><00:32:32.240><c> the</c><00:32:32.440><c> fact</c><00:32:32.579><c> if</c><00:32:32.700><c> you</c><00:32:32.819><c> don't</c><00:32:33.000><c> eat</c><00:32:33.440><c> for</c><00:32:33.960><c> a</c>

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.880
couple<00:32:34.299><c> of</c><00:32:34.480><c> weeks,</c><00:32:35.500><c> I</c><00:32:35.599><c> don't</c><00:32:35.779><c> know,</c>

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:37.859
maybe<00:32:36.099><c> a</c><00:32:36.240><c> couple</c><00:32:36.400><c> days</c><00:32:36.700><c> you</c><00:32:36.839><c> would</c><00:32:37.019><c> get</c><00:32:37.140><c> all</c><00:32:37.359><c> that</c><00:32:37.539><c> you</c><00:32:37.680><c> need</c>

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:40.880
to<00:32:37.980><c> know</c><00:32:38.119><c> about</c><00:32:38.359><c> that.</c><00:32:38.839><c> You</c><00:32:38.960><c> would</c><00:32:39.200><c> certainly</c><00:32:39.460><c> feel</c><00:32:39.759><c> differently.</c>

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.700
Now<00:32:42.440><c> that's</c><00:32:42.759><c> something</c><00:32:43.000><c> I</c><00:32:43.180><c> think</c><00:32:43.420><c> that</c><00:32:43.680><c> God</c><00:32:43.819><c> has</c><00:32:44.079><c> given</c><00:32:44.220><c> us</c><00:32:44.480><c> as</c>

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:47.420
a<00:32:44.819><c> little</c><00:32:44.980><c> warning,</c><00:32:45.920><c> and</c><00:32:46.339><c> it's</c><00:32:46.640><c> certainly</c><00:32:46.839><c> helpful</c>

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:52.000
that<00:32:48.180><c> if</c><00:32:48.380><c> we</c><00:32:48.680><c> start</c><00:32:49.000><c> feeling</c><00:32:49.460><c> that</c><00:32:50.019><c> or</c><00:32:50.599><c> somehow</c><00:32:51.039><c> we</c><00:32:51.460><c> see</c><00:32:51.680><c> the</c>

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:54.359
flesh<00:32:52.359><c> becoming</c><00:32:52.779><c> more</c><00:32:53.259><c> eminent</c><00:32:53.559><c> in</c><00:32:53.720><c> our</c><00:32:53.940><c> life</c>

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:59.380
than<00:32:54.759><c> we</c><00:32:54.940><c> like</c><00:32:55.180><c> to</c><00:32:55.420><c> see</c><00:32:55.579><c> it,</c><00:32:55.799><c> it's</c><00:32:56.039><c> quite</c><00:32:56.380><c> likely</c><00:32:57.039><c> that</c><00:32:58.000><c> the</c><00:32:58.259><c> diet</c><00:32:58.740><c> on</c>

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:01.359
which<00:32:59.539><c> we</c><00:32:59.759><c> have</c><00:32:59.880><c> been</c><00:33:00.140><c> feeding</c><00:33:00.519><c> is</c><00:33:01.140><c> not</c>

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:04.160
rich<00:33:01.599><c> enough</c><00:33:01.980><c> in</c><00:33:02.359><c> the</c><00:33:02.519><c> things</c><00:33:02.680><c> of</c><00:33:02.920><c> God,</c><00:33:03.299><c> because</c><00:33:03.559><c> this</c><00:33:03.920><c> word</c>

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:06.480
entirely<00:33:04.900><c> takes</c><00:33:05.500><c> care</c><00:33:05.740><c> of</c><00:33:05.940><c> our</c><00:33:06.119><c> diet,</c>

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:09.400
and<00:33:06.980><c> it</c><00:33:07.180><c> produces</c><00:33:07.640><c> the</c><00:33:07.880><c> way</c><00:33:08.019><c> of</c><00:33:08.200><c> life</c><00:33:08.380><c> that</c><00:33:08.559><c> we</c><00:33:08.839><c> want</c><00:33:09.019><c> to</c><00:33:09.279><c> see</c>

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.099
and<00:33:09.619><c> produce</c><00:33:09.940><c> in</c><00:33:10.140><c> ourselves.</c>

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:18.859
Now<00:33:14.940><c> there's</c><00:33:15.180><c> another</c><00:33:15.579><c> very</c><00:33:16.380><c> important</c><00:33:17.299><c> aspect</c><00:33:17.920><c> of</c><00:33:18.339><c> our</c><00:33:18.500><c> worship</c><00:33:18.720><c> of</c>

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:20.779
God<00:33:19.099><c> comes</c><00:33:19.359><c> up</c><00:33:19.579><c> in</c><00:33:19.720><c> this.</c>

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:26.740
Whenever<00:33:22.000><c> we</c><00:33:22.460><c> come</c><00:33:22.779><c> to</c><00:33:23.019><c> God</c><00:33:23.500><c> and</c><00:33:24.400><c> make</c><00:33:24.619><c> a</c><00:33:24.900><c> request</c><00:33:25.279><c> of</c><00:33:25.720><c> him,</c>

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:30.880
we<00:33:27.500><c> might</c><00:33:27.859><c> really</c><00:33:28.559><c> ponder</c><00:33:29.160><c> what</c><00:33:29.720><c> would</c><00:33:29.980><c> be</c><00:33:30.200><c> the</c><00:33:30.380><c> effects</c><00:33:30.640><c> of</c>

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:33.160
God<00:33:31.160><c> granting</c><00:33:31.660><c> that</c><00:33:32.079><c> request.</c>

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:39.579
Like<00:33:37.160><c> I</c><00:33:37.259><c> wonder</c><00:33:37.440><c> if</c><00:33:37.619><c> these</c><00:33:37.839><c> people</c><00:33:38.140><c> had</c><00:33:38.359><c> really</c><00:33:38.720><c> thought</c><00:33:39.099><c> it</c>

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:42.859
through.<00:33:41.180><c> What</c><00:33:41.359><c> if</c><00:33:41.519><c> God</c><00:33:41.779><c> says</c><00:33:42.079><c> yes,</c>

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:46.819
and<00:33:43.579><c> he</c><00:33:43.680><c> gives</c><00:33:43.880><c> us</c><00:33:44.160><c> a</c><00:33:44.279><c> king?</c><00:33:45.740><c> Now</c><00:33:45.920><c> it's</c><00:33:46.099><c> quite</c><00:33:46.339><c> obvious</c><00:33:46.640><c> from</c>

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:49.359
the<00:33:46.960><c> record</c><00:33:47.140><c> they</c><00:33:47.319><c> hadn't</c><00:33:47.819><c> thought</c><00:33:48.099><c> it</c><00:33:48.400><c> through,</c>

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:52.819
because<00:33:49.960><c> when</c><00:33:50.200><c> God</c><00:33:50.759><c> tells</c><00:33:51.279><c> Samuel,</c><00:33:51.740><c> well</c><00:33:51.940><c> you</c><00:33:52.200><c> tell</c><00:33:52.380><c> him</c><00:33:52.539><c> the</c>

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.299
manner<00:33:53.039><c> of</c><00:33:53.259><c> the</c><00:33:53.460><c> kingdom,</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:57.380
and<00:33:54.740><c> let's</c><00:33:54.920><c> just</c><00:33:55.200><c> focus</c><00:33:55.599><c> for</c><00:33:55.920><c> a</c><00:33:56.059><c> moment</c><00:33:56.240><c> on</c><00:33:56.500><c> some</c><00:33:56.740><c> of</c><00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.039><c> things</c><00:33:57.220><c> that</c>

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:59.299
he<00:33:57.539><c> mentions</c><00:33:57.960><c> to</c><00:33:58.359><c> them.</c>

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:02.619
These<00:34:00.079><c> people</c><00:34:00.480><c> hadn't</c><00:34:01.000><c> thought</c><00:34:01.240><c> it</c><00:34:01.480><c> through</c><00:34:01.640><c> at</c><00:34:01.859><c> all.</c>

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:09.159
It<00:34:04.720><c> says</c><00:34:04.880><c> in</c><00:34:05.119><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.559><c> 8</c><00:34:06.019><c> at</c><00:34:06.380><c> verse</c><00:34:06.779><c> 10,</c><00:34:07.519><c> Samuel</c><00:34:08.019><c> told</c><00:34:08.460><c> the</c><00:34:08.679><c> words</c><00:34:08.880><c> of</c>

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.800
Yahweh<00:34:09.440><c> unto</c><00:34:09.760><c> the</c><00:34:10.000><c> people</c><00:34:10.280><c> that</c><00:34:10.500><c> asked</c><00:34:10.699><c> him</c>

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:17.659
of<00:34:10.920><c> a</c><00:34:11.099><c> king,</c><00:34:12.440><c> and</c><00:34:12.579><c> he</c><00:34:12.780><c> said,</c><00:34:13.599><c> this</c><00:34:13.980><c> will</c><00:34:14.320><c> be</c><00:34:14.539><c> the</c><00:34:14.760><c> manner</c><00:34:15.059><c> of</c><00:34:15.380><c> the</c><00:34:15.619><c> king</c><00:34:15.860><c> that</c><00:34:16.139><c> shall</c><00:34:16.340><c> reign</c><00:34:16.539><c> over</c><00:34:16.820><c> you.</c><00:34:17.380><c> He</c>

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.119
will<00:34:17.860><c> take</c>

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:25.739
your<00:34:18.239><c> sons,</c><00:34:20.519><c> take</c><00:34:20.940><c> your</c><00:34:21.539><c> sons,</c><00:34:23.179><c> point</c><00:34:23.360><c> them</c><00:34:23.539><c> for</c><00:34:23.739><c> himself,</c><00:34:24.719><c> for</c><00:34:24.880><c> his</c><00:34:25.119><c> chariots</c><00:34:25.579><c> to</c>

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.699
be<00:34:25.860><c> his</c><00:34:26.079><c> horsemen,</c>

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:29.840
some<00:34:27.219><c> to</c><00:34:27.420><c> run</c><00:34:27.559><c> before</c><00:34:27.900><c> his</c><00:34:28.199><c> chariots.</c><00:34:28.900><c> He</c><00:34:29.019><c> will</c><00:34:29.239><c> appoint</c><00:34:29.539><c> him</c>

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:32.500
captains<00:34:30.280><c> over</c><00:34:30.559><c> thousands,</c><00:34:31.340><c> captains</c><00:34:31.599><c> over</c><00:34:31.900><c> fifties,</c>

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and<00:34:32.920><c> will</c><00:34:33.159><c> set</c><00:34:33.300><c> them</c><00:34:33.500><c> to</c><00:34:33.780><c> ear</c><00:34:33.920><c> his</c><00:34:34.280><c> ground,</c><00:34:34.679><c> to</c><00:34:34.800><c> reap</c><00:34:34.960><c> his</c><00:34:35.199><c> harvest,</c><00:34:35.579><c> to</c>

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:38.099
make<00:34:36.139><c> instruments</c><00:34:36.639><c> of</c><00:34:36.920><c> war</c><00:34:37.260><c> and</c><00:34:37.739><c> instruments</c>

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:41.639
of<00:34:38.420><c> his</c><00:34:38.679><c> chariots.</c><00:34:39.699><c> He</c><00:34:39.900><c> will</c><00:34:40.099><c> take</c><00:34:40.340><c> of</c><00:34:40.460><c> your</c><00:34:40.760><c> daughters</c><00:34:41.219><c> to</c><00:34:41.440><c> be</c>

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confectionaries,<00:34:42.440><c> to</c><00:34:42.500><c> be</c><00:34:42.679><c> cooks,</c><00:34:43.039><c> to</c><00:34:43.099><c> be</c><00:34:43.300><c> bakers,</c>

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:47.980
and<00:34:44.500><c> he</c><00:34:44.539><c> will</c><00:34:44.719><c> take</c><00:34:44.920><c> of</c><00:34:45.039><c> your</c><00:34:45.300><c> fields,</c><00:34:46.659><c> your</c><00:34:46.760><c> vineyards,</c><00:34:47.679><c> your</c>

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.960
olive<00:34:48.179><c> yards,</c><00:34:48.980><c> even</c><00:34:49.119><c> the</c><00:34:49.380><c> best</c><00:34:49.599><c> of</c><00:34:49.800><c> them,</c>

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:53.099
and<00:34:50.199><c> give</c><00:34:50.320><c> them</c><00:34:50.559><c> to</c><00:34:50.739><c> his</c><00:34:51.000><c> servants.</c><00:34:52.179><c> He</c><00:34:52.280><c> will</c><00:34:52.440><c> take</c><00:34:52.639><c> the</c><00:34:52.920><c> tenth</c>

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:55.099
of<00:34:53.260><c> your</c><00:34:53.539><c> seed,</c><00:34:53.980><c> of</c><00:34:54.159><c> your</c><00:34:54.460><c> vineyards,</c>

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:58.280
and<00:34:55.519><c> give</c><00:34:55.639><c> them</c><00:34:55.800><c> to</c><00:34:55.940><c> his</c><00:34:56.139><c> officers</c><00:34:56.599><c> and</c><00:34:56.820><c> to</c><00:34:56.940><c> his</c><00:34:57.179><c> servants.</c><00:34:58.179><c> He</c>

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.599
will<00:34:58.440><c> take</c><00:34:58.639><c> your</c><00:34:58.860><c> men's</c><00:34:59.320><c> servants,</c>

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:03.820
your<00:35:00.079><c> maid</c><00:35:00.360><c> servants,</c><00:35:01.199><c> your</c><00:35:01.460><c> goodliest</c><00:35:01.920><c> young</c><00:35:02.239><c> men,</c><00:35:02.820><c> and</c><00:35:03.000><c> your</c><00:35:03.260><c> asses</c><00:35:03.679><c> and</c>

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:06.000
put<00:35:03.960><c> them</c><00:35:04.139><c> to</c><00:35:04.320><c> his</c><00:35:04.639><c> work.</c><00:35:05.480><c> He</c><00:35:05.619><c> will</c><00:35:05.800><c> take</c>

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:10.860
the<00:35:06.320><c> tenth</c><00:35:06.519><c> of</c><00:35:06.699><c> your</c><00:35:06.920><c> sheep,</c><00:35:07.519><c> and</c><00:35:07.679><c> you</c><00:35:07.860><c> shall</c><00:35:08.079><c> be</c><00:35:08.500><c> his</c><00:35:09.019><c> servants,</c><00:35:10.360><c> and</c><00:35:10.659><c> you</c>

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.280
shall<00:35:11.079><c> cry</c><00:35:11.500><c> out</c><00:35:11.699><c> in</c><00:35:11.840><c> that</c><00:35:12.119><c> day</c>

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:16.780
because<00:35:12.599><c> of</c><00:35:12.800><c> your</c><00:35:13.059><c> king,</c><00:35:13.699><c> which</c><00:35:13.920><c> you</c><00:35:14.219><c> shall</c><00:35:14.340><c> have</c><00:35:14.579><c> chosen</c><00:35:14.920><c> you,</c><00:35:16.519><c> and</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:19.500
Yahweh<00:35:17.079><c> will</c><00:35:17.340><c> not</c><00:35:17.699><c> hear</c><00:35:17.940><c> you</c><00:35:18.300><c> in</c><00:35:18.500><c> that</c><00:35:18.739><c> day."</c>

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:24.659
Now<00:35:20.780><c> it's</c><00:35:20.900><c> quite</c><00:35:21.099><c> obvious</c><00:35:21.500><c> that</c><00:35:21.880><c> Samuel</c><00:35:22.119><c> was</c><00:35:22.420><c> trying</c><00:35:22.739><c> to</c><00:35:23.000><c> impress</c><00:35:23.400><c> them.</c><00:35:24.179><c> These</c><00:35:24.460><c> are</c>

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.599
the<00:35:24.780><c> reasons</c><00:35:25.139><c> why</c><00:35:25.440><c> you</c>

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:30.840
really<00:35:25.880><c> don't</c><00:35:26.179><c> want</c><00:35:26.360><c> to</c><00:35:26.539><c> have</c><00:35:26.639><c> a</c><00:35:26.840><c> king.</c><00:35:27.139><c> Like</c><00:35:27.260><c> rethink</c><00:35:27.760><c> it.</c><00:35:29.079><c> And</c><00:35:29.260><c> yet</c><00:35:29.460><c> when</c><00:35:29.880><c> the</c><00:35:30.099><c> people</c><00:35:30.239><c> had</c><00:35:30.460><c> come</c><00:35:30.619><c> up</c>

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.500
to<00:35:30.980><c> him,</c>

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:36.820
it<00:35:32.119><c> says</c><00:35:32.239><c> the</c><00:35:32.460><c> people</c><00:35:32.699><c> assembled,</c><00:35:34.219><c> verse</c><00:35:34.519><c> four</c><00:35:34.980><c> of</c><00:35:35.219><c> this</c><00:35:35.460><c> chapter,</c><00:35:36.599><c> it</c>

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:38.980
would<00:35:37.099><c> seem</c><00:35:37.360><c> that</c><00:35:37.739><c> they</c><00:35:38.019><c> didn't</c><00:35:38.460><c> depart</c>

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:43.659
until<00:35:39.380><c> verse</c><00:35:39.679><c> 22.</c><00:35:40.820><c> So</c><00:35:41.059><c> they</c><00:35:41.179><c> had</c><00:35:41.460><c> waited</c><00:35:41.719><c> until</c><00:35:42.260><c> God</c><00:35:42.619><c> had</c><00:35:43.059><c> returned</c><00:35:43.400><c> an</c>

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:47.599
answer<00:35:43.980><c> unto</c><00:35:44.300><c> Samuel.</c><00:35:45.840><c> And</c><00:35:45.840><c> so</c><00:35:46.639><c> Samuel</c><00:35:47.119><c> and</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:53.940
God<00:35:48.420><c> work</c><00:35:49.280><c> through,</c><00:35:50.360><c> let's</c><00:35:50.679><c> rethink</c><00:35:50.980><c> it,</c><00:35:51.900><c> and</c><00:35:52.099><c> give</c><00:35:52.260><c> you</c><00:35:52.599><c> a</c><00:35:52.860><c> second</c><00:35:53.139><c> chance</c><00:35:53.699><c> at</c>

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:55.099
whether<00:35:54.099><c> or</c><00:35:54.260><c> not</c><00:35:54.380><c> you</c><00:35:54.619><c> really</c><00:35:54.920><c> want</c>

00:35:55.099 --> 00:36:02.599
what<00:35:55.260><c> you're</c><00:35:55.500><c> asking</c><00:35:55.739><c> for.</c><00:35:58.980><c> Verse</c><00:35:59.420><c> 19,</c><00:36:00.719><c> nevertheless</c><00:36:01.199><c> the</c><00:36:01.519><c> people</c><00:36:01.840><c> refused</c><00:36:02.400><c> to</c>

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.800
obey<00:36:02.800><c> the</c><00:36:03.019><c> voice</c><00:36:03.199><c> of</c><00:36:03.500><c> Samuel</c>

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:07.579
and<00:36:04.280><c> they</c><00:36:04.480><c> said,</c><00:36:04.920><c> nay,</c><00:36:05.239><c> but</c><00:36:05.360><c> we</c><00:36:05.559><c> will</c><00:36:05.840><c> have</c><00:36:06.099><c> a</c><00:36:06.260><c> king</c><00:36:06.400><c> over</c><00:36:06.760><c> us.</c>

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:13.579
Now<00:36:09.599><c> one</c><00:36:09.780><c> of</c><00:36:09.940><c> the</c><00:36:10.159><c> things</c><00:36:10.360><c> that</c><00:36:10.800><c> does,</c><00:36:11.820><c> brothers</c><00:36:11.940><c> and</c><00:36:12.219><c> sisters,</c><00:36:12.900><c> is</c><00:36:13.099><c> to</c>

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.780
underline<00:36:14.059><c> the</c><00:36:14.340><c> principle</c><00:36:14.840><c> that</c><00:36:15.519><c> we</c>

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:22.219
find<00:36:16.039><c> in</c><00:36:16.239><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:36:17.059><c> chapter</c><00:36:17.440><c> eight.</c><00:36:19.059><c> That</c><00:36:19.260><c> because</c><00:36:20.039><c> sentence</c><00:36:21.079><c> against</c><00:36:21.840><c> an</c>

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:24.340
evil<00:36:22.500><c> work</c><00:36:22.960><c> is</c><00:36:23.320><c> not</c><00:36:23.639><c> executed</c>

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:28.960
speedily,<00:36:26.500><c> therefore</c><00:36:26.840><c> the</c><00:36:27.119><c> heart</c><00:36:27.300><c> of</c><00:36:27.480><c> the</c><00:36:27.659><c> sons</c><00:36:27.880><c> of</c><00:36:28.400><c> men</c><00:36:28.579><c> is</c>

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:33.159
fully<00:36:29.340><c> set</c><00:36:29.719><c> to</c><00:36:30.039><c> do</c><00:36:30.300><c> evil.</c><00:36:31.599><c> Because</c><00:36:32.059><c> God</c><00:36:32.380><c> doesn't</c><00:36:32.820><c> judge</c>

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:40.400
immediately.<00:36:36.019><c> Did</c><00:36:36.619><c> he</c><00:36:36.760><c> judge</c><00:36:37.000><c> them?</c><00:36:38.739><c> Well</c><00:36:39.119><c> if</c><00:36:39.519><c> you</c><00:36:39.800><c> know</c><00:36:40.079><c> God,</c>

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:42.179
like<00:36:40.679><c> this</c><00:36:40.860><c> is</c><00:36:41.039><c> the</c><00:36:41.139><c> difference</c><00:36:41.320><c> between</c><00:36:41.719><c> knowing</c>

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:45.900
of<00:36:43.159><c> God,</c><00:36:43.940><c> there</c><00:36:44.019><c> are</c><00:36:44.099><c> one</c><00:36:44.179><c> of</c><00:36:44.280><c> the</c><00:36:44.400><c> differences,</c><00:36:45.019><c> between</c><00:36:45.340><c> knowing</c><00:36:45.639><c> of</c>

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.760
God<00:36:46.159><c> and</c><00:36:46.480><c> knowing</c><00:36:46.760><c> God.</c>

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:54.360
Of<00:36:48.400><c> our</c><00:36:48.719><c> God</c><00:36:48.960><c> he</c><00:36:49.159><c> is</c><00:36:49.800><c> merciful</c><00:36:50.460><c> and</c><00:36:51.219><c> gracious</c><00:36:51.800><c> and</c><00:36:52.460><c> long</c><00:36:52.840><c>-suffering,</c><00:36:53.559><c> etc.</c>

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:56.760
But<00:36:55.360><c> he</c><00:36:55.539><c> will</c><00:36:55.880><c> not</c><00:36:56.280><c> clear</c><00:36:56.519><c> the</c>

00:36:56.760 --> 00:37:02.539
guilty.<00:36:58.619><c> He</c><00:36:59.139><c> will</c><00:36:59.460><c> visit</c><00:36:59.820><c> the</c><00:37:00.059><c> iniquity</c><00:37:00.440><c> of</c><00:37:00.599><c> the</c><00:37:00.780><c> fathers</c><00:37:01.219><c> under</c><00:37:02.280><c> the</c>

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:04.639
children<00:37:02.960><c> to</c><00:37:03.260><c> the</c><00:37:03.619><c> third</c><00:37:03.960><c> and</c><00:37:04.239><c> fourth</c>

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:10.199
generation.<00:37:06.900><c> What</c><00:37:07.199><c> generation</c><00:37:08.079><c> suffered</c><00:37:09.000><c> because</c><00:37:09.860><c> of</c><00:37:10.039><c> their</c>

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:15.880
king?<00:37:12.500><c> What</c><00:37:12.820><c> generation</c><00:37:13.880><c> complained</c><00:37:15.019><c> to</c><00:37:15.239><c> God</c><00:37:15.559><c> and</c>

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:19.400
groaned<00:37:16.440><c> to</c><00:37:16.500><c> God</c><00:37:16.880><c> because</c><00:37:17.199><c> of</c><00:37:17.400><c> the</c><00:37:17.719><c> servitude</c><00:37:18.579><c> to</c><00:37:19.000><c> which</c><00:37:19.159><c> they</c>

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:23.340
had<00:37:19.579><c> been</c><00:37:20.300><c> made</c><00:37:21.260><c> to</c><00:37:21.659><c> serve</c><00:37:22.000><c> because</c><00:37:22.679><c> of</c><00:37:22.900><c> the</c><00:37:23.099><c> king</c>

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:30.880
and<00:37:23.739><c> because</c><00:37:24.000><c> of</c><00:37:24.460><c> the</c><00:37:24.579><c> way</c><00:37:24.699><c> he</c><00:37:24.940><c> lived?</c><00:37:27.900><c> Rehoboam.</c><00:37:29.820><c> So</c><00:37:30.159><c> to</c><00:37:30.579><c> the</c>

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:33.800
third<00:37:31.099><c> and</c><00:37:31.300><c> fourth</c><00:37:31.579><c> generation</c><00:37:32.320><c> caused</c><00:37:32.820><c> by</c><00:37:33.199><c> Solomon's</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:36.800
reign,<00:37:34.840><c> but</c><00:37:34.940><c> the</c><00:37:35.239><c> anguish</c><00:37:35.539><c> is</c><00:37:35.800><c> mentioned</c><00:37:36.139><c> at</c><00:37:36.340><c> the</c><00:37:36.500><c> beginning</c>

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.480
of<00:37:37.039><c> the</c><00:37:37.159><c> reign</c><00:37:37.320><c> of</c><00:37:37.519><c> Rehoboam.</c><00:37:38.780><c> That</c><00:37:38.940><c> God</c><00:37:39.139><c> will</c>

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:42.519
visit<00:37:39.840><c> the</c><00:37:40.159><c> iniquities</c><00:37:40.619><c> of</c><00:37:40.800><c> the</c><00:37:41.000><c> fathers</c><00:37:41.280><c> under</c><00:37:41.519><c> the</c><00:37:41.820><c> children</c><00:37:42.019><c> of</c><00:37:42.239><c> the</c>

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.619
third<00:37:42.800><c> and</c><00:37:43.039><c> fourth</c><00:37:43.440><c> generation.</c>

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.019
And<00:37:44.900><c> there's</c><00:37:45.099><c> an</c><00:37:45.300><c> example</c><00:37:45.679><c> for</c><00:37:45.960><c> us,</c><00:37:46.400><c> brothers</c><00:37:46.480><c> and</c><00:37:46.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:51.179
to<00:37:47.300><c> see</c><00:37:47.460><c> how</c><00:37:47.780><c> it</c><00:37:47.980><c> works.</c><00:37:48.739><c> These</c><00:37:48.940><c> people</c><00:37:49.239><c> said,</c><00:37:49.940><c> well,</c>

00:37:52.159 --> 00:38:04.880
we<00:37:52.860><c> want</c><00:37:53.099><c> a</c><00:37:53.260><c> king.</c><00:37:56.659><c> God</c><00:37:57.360><c> says,</c><00:37:58.559><c> you'll</c><00:37:58.679><c> have</c><00:37:58.840><c> a</c><00:37:59.000><c> king.</c><00:38:02.699><c> Now</c><00:38:02.840><c> that's</c><00:38:03.840><c> wisdom,</c><00:38:04.500><c> brothers</c><00:38:04.619><c> and</c>

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.880
sisters,<00:38:05.219><c> for</c><00:38:05.380><c> us</c><00:38:05.619><c> to</c>

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:11.260
ponder.<00:38:07.619><c> If</c><00:38:07.900><c> we</c><00:38:08.460><c> just</c><00:38:08.920><c> ask</c><00:38:09.320><c> of</c><00:38:09.639><c> God</c><00:38:09.980><c> things</c><00:38:10.360><c> like,</c><00:38:11.000><c> I</c><00:38:11.000><c> really</c>

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:15.739
want<00:38:11.480><c> that</c><00:38:11.900><c> job,</c><00:38:13.260><c> or</c><00:38:13.659><c> if</c><00:38:14.059><c> he</c><00:38:14.199><c> would</c><00:38:14.460><c> really</c><00:38:14.940><c> allow</c><00:38:15.300><c> us</c><00:38:15.539><c> to</c>

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:22.780
move.<00:38:17.920><c> Just</c><00:38:18.480><c> think</c><00:38:18.739><c> of</c><00:38:18.860><c> the</c><00:38:19.059><c> consequences</c><00:38:19.659><c> if</c><00:38:19.840><c> God</c><00:38:20.079><c> says,</c><00:38:20.659><c> okay,</c><00:38:22.199><c> they're</c><00:38:22.340><c> not</c>

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:25.300
always<00:38:23.699><c> necessarily</c><00:38:24.699><c> going</c><00:38:24.960><c> to</c><00:38:25.119><c> be</c>

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:30.619
immediately<00:38:25.800><c> better</c><00:38:26.159><c> for</c><00:38:26.380><c> us.</c><00:38:28.840><c> Now</c><00:38:28.980><c> God</c><00:38:29.119><c> is</c><00:38:29.420><c> a</c><00:38:29.500><c> loving</c><00:38:29.719><c> heavenly</c><00:38:30.099><c> father</c>

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.199
and<00:38:31.079><c> we</c><00:38:31.219><c> know</c><00:38:31.440><c> that</c><00:38:31.599><c> he</c><00:38:31.679><c> will</c><00:38:31.920><c> never</c>

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:38.039
forsake<00:38:32.639><c> us.</c><00:38:33.980><c> That's</c><00:38:34.380><c> the</c><00:38:34.519><c> theme</c><00:38:34.719><c> for</c><00:38:34.960><c> the</c><00:38:35.099><c> week.</c><00:38:35.260><c> He</c><00:38:35.440><c> will</c><00:38:35.719><c> never</c><00:38:36.000><c> forsake</c><00:38:36.460><c> us,</c><00:38:37.539><c> but</c><00:38:37.800><c> in</c>

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.960
that<00:38:38.340><c> not</c><00:38:38.659><c> forsaking</c><00:38:39.500><c> us</c>

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sometimes<00:38:40.559><c> will</c><00:38:40.719><c> be</c><00:38:40.900><c> the</c><00:38:41.019><c> way</c><00:38:41.179><c> of</c><00:38:41.400><c> chastisement.</c><00:38:43.340><c> Okay,</c><00:38:43.659><c> if</c>

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:47.000
you<00:38:44.139><c> think</c><00:38:44.440><c> that</c><00:38:44.960><c> that's</c><00:38:45.199><c> what</c><00:38:45.380><c> you</c><00:38:45.659><c> want</c><00:38:45.840><c> to</c><00:38:46.099><c> do,</c>

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it's<00:38:48.079><c> yours.</c><00:38:49.619><c> Then</c><00:38:49.920><c> to</c><00:38:50.199><c> find</c><00:38:50.440><c> out</c><00:38:50.820><c> maybe</c><00:38:51.239><c> it</c><00:38:51.500><c> wasn't</c><00:38:51.699><c> as</c><00:38:52.139><c> pleasant</c><00:38:52.719><c> as</c><00:38:53.559><c> we</c>

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:55.539
had<00:38:53.900><c> at</c><00:38:54.079><c> first</c><00:38:54.400><c> thought.</c><00:38:54.840><c> Like</c><00:38:55.059><c> this</c><00:38:55.260><c> was</c>

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:58.619
the<00:38:56.000><c> bitter</c><00:38:56.340><c> lesson.</c><00:38:57.280><c> I'm</c><00:38:57.519><c> not</c><00:38:57.679><c> sure</c><00:38:57.820><c> these</c><00:38:58.000><c> people</c><00:38:58.280><c> learned</c>

00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:00.960
it<00:38:58.960><c> because</c><00:38:59.199><c> it</c><00:38:59.380><c> doesn't</c><00:38:59.619><c> tell</c><00:38:59.820><c> us</c><00:38:59.980><c> they</c><00:39:00.199><c> learned</c><00:39:00.380><c> it,</c>

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:05.820
but<00:39:01.519><c> surely</c><00:39:01.880><c> they</c><00:39:02.139><c> would</c><00:39:02.340><c> have</c><00:39:02.679><c> rethought</c><00:39:03.199><c> this</c><00:39:03.519><c> a</c><00:39:03.800><c> whole</c><00:39:04.119><c> idea.</c><00:39:05.440><c> Look</c><00:39:05.719><c> at</c>

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.340
what<00:39:05.960><c> they</c><00:39:06.219><c> said</c><00:39:06.340><c> they</c><00:39:06.500><c> wanted</c><00:39:06.719><c> him</c><00:39:06.880><c> to</c><00:39:07.079><c> do.</c>

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:13.219
Verse<00:39:07.340><c> five</c><00:39:08.780><c> of</c><00:39:08.980><c> chapter</c><00:39:09.280><c> eight,</c><00:39:10.780><c> make</c><00:39:10.800><c> us</c><00:39:11.079><c> a</c><00:39:11.940><c> king</c><00:39:12.320><c> to</c><00:39:12.860><c> judge</c>

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us<00:39:14.039><c> like</c><00:39:14.559><c> all</c><00:39:14.960><c> the</c><00:39:15.119><c> nations.</c>

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:21.280
Verse<00:39:17.159><c> 20,</c><00:39:18.300><c> a</c><00:39:18.440><c> king</c><00:39:18.619><c> over</c><00:39:18.940><c> us</c><00:39:19.139><c> that</c><00:39:19.380><c> we</c><00:39:19.619><c> may</c><00:39:19.820><c> be</c><00:39:20.039><c> like</c><00:39:20.400><c> all</c><00:39:21.019><c> the</c>

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:23.719
nations,<00:39:21.960><c> that</c><00:39:22.079><c> our</c><00:39:22.340><c> king</c><00:39:22.519><c> may</c><00:39:22.920><c> judge</c><00:39:23.260><c> us</c>

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:29.559
and<00:39:24.079><c> go</c><00:39:24.280><c> out</c><00:39:24.519><c> before</c><00:39:24.980><c> us</c><00:39:25.440><c> and</c><00:39:25.719><c> fight</c><00:39:25.920><c> our</c><00:39:26.219><c> battles.</c><00:39:28.300><c> And</c><00:39:28.460><c> we</c><00:39:28.639><c> knowing</c><00:39:28.940><c> the</c><00:39:29.280><c> end</c><00:39:29.440><c> of</c>

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.619
the<00:39:29.679><c> record</c><00:39:29.900><c> from</c><00:39:30.099><c> the</c><00:39:30.260><c> beginning,</c>

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:35.320
we<00:39:31.059><c> know</c><00:39:31.400><c> how</c><00:39:32.079><c> when</c><00:39:33.340><c> they</c><00:39:33.820><c> were</c><00:39:34.059><c> looking</c><00:39:34.340><c> for</c><00:39:34.659><c> a</c><00:39:34.820><c> leader</c><00:39:34.980><c> to</c><00:39:35.179><c> go</c>

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.619
out<00:39:35.500><c> against</c><00:39:35.840><c> Goliath,</c>

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:41.980
where<00:39:37.300><c> was</c><00:39:37.599><c> this</c><00:39:38.019><c> king</c><00:39:38.360><c> who</c><00:39:38.559><c> they'd</c><00:39:38.980><c> set</c><00:39:39.099><c> up</c><00:39:39.320><c> over</c><00:39:39.539><c> them</c><00:39:39.860><c> to</c><00:39:40.360><c> lead</c><00:39:40.659><c> them</c><00:39:40.920><c> out</c><00:39:41.360><c> and</c><00:39:41.820><c> to</c>

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.360
go<00:39:42.099><c> to</c><00:39:42.340><c> battle</c><00:39:42.519><c> before</c><00:39:42.920><c> them?</c>

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.460
It<00:39:44.280><c> was</c><00:39:44.440><c> if</c><00:39:44.679><c> they</c><00:39:45.039><c> thought</c><00:39:45.260><c> that</c><00:39:45.440><c> all</c><00:39:45.579><c> they</c><00:39:45.639><c> had</c><00:39:45.780><c> to</c><00:39:45.880><c> do</c><00:39:45.940><c> was</c><00:39:46.059><c> make</c><00:39:46.260><c> a</c>

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:48.059
king<00:39:46.599><c> and</c><00:39:46.739><c> it</c><00:39:46.840><c> would</c><00:39:47.000><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:39:48.539><c> didn't</c><00:39:48.760><c> happen</c><00:39:49.219><c> because</c><00:39:49.780><c> the</c><00:39:50.199><c> basic</c><00:39:50.880><c> principles</c><00:39:51.539><c> of</c><00:39:52.119><c> chapter</c><00:39:52.599><c> seven</c><00:39:53.119><c> were</c>

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not<00:39:53.699><c> being</c><00:39:53.980><c> abided</c><00:39:54.599><c> by.</c>

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:59.639
What<00:39:56.099><c> God</c><00:39:56.400><c> wanted</c><00:39:56.739><c> first</c><00:39:57.079><c> of</c><00:39:57.260><c> all</c><00:39:57.420><c> was</c><00:39:57.579><c> people</c><00:39:57.900><c> to</c><00:39:58.400><c> leave</c><00:39:58.980><c> the</c>

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:02.820
false<00:40:00.000><c> worship.</c><00:40:00.980><c> It's</c><00:40:01.139><c> just</c><00:40:01.380><c> exactly</c><00:40:01.860><c> what</c><00:40:02.119><c> we</c>

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:05.840
reinforce<00:40:03.380><c> ourselves</c><00:40:03.820><c> with</c><00:40:04.059><c> every</c><00:40:04.420><c> Sunday</c><00:40:04.739><c> morning</c><00:40:05.039><c> of</c><00:40:05.280><c> the</c>

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:10.380
separation.<00:40:08.139><c> Leave</c><00:40:08.340><c> all</c><00:40:08.619><c> that</c><00:40:08.920><c> false</c><00:40:09.420><c> stuff</c><00:40:09.739><c> behind</c>

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:14.480
that's<00:40:10.880><c> getting</c><00:40:11.079><c> in</c><00:40:11.280><c> your</c><00:40:11.500><c> way</c><00:40:12.000><c> so</c><00:40:12.760><c> you</c><00:40:12.940><c> can</c><00:40:13.239><c> dedicate</c><00:40:13.699><c> yourself</c><00:40:14.199><c> unto</c>

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:17.820
God.<00:40:16.539><c> What</c><00:40:16.719><c> God</c><00:40:16.980><c> wants</c>

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:27.800
is<00:40:19.780><c> a</c><00:40:20.039><c> humble</c><00:40:20.480><c> and</c><00:40:21.039><c> a</c><00:40:21.139><c> contrite</c><00:40:21.780><c> heart.</c><00:40:24.599><c> What</c><00:40:24.980><c> a</c><00:40:25.300><c> tremendous</c><00:40:25.780><c> thought</c><00:40:26.159><c> to</c><00:40:26.420><c> behold,</c><00:40:27.039><c> just</c><00:40:27.219><c> to</c><00:40:27.420><c> catch</c><00:40:27.579><c> a</c>

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:32.360
glimpse<00:40:27.960><c> of</c><00:40:28.239><c> now</c><00:40:28.440><c> and</c><00:40:28.619><c> then,</c><00:40:29.460><c> that</c><00:40:29.579><c> this</c><00:40:29.840><c> God</c><00:40:30.099><c> that</c><00:40:30.440><c> made</c><00:40:30.659><c> everything,</c><00:40:31.800><c> which</c><00:40:32.000><c> the</c>

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.719
whole<00:40:32.639><c> universe</c><00:40:33.099><c> is</c><00:40:33.340><c> not</c><00:40:33.519><c> able</c>

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:40.179
to<00:40:34.079><c> contain,</c><00:40:36.719><c> and</c><00:40:36.820><c> he</c><00:40:36.960><c> says,</c><00:40:37.280><c> but</c><00:40:37.280><c> I</c><00:40:37.500><c> will</c><00:40:37.719><c> dwell</c><00:40:38.099><c> with</c><00:40:39.179><c> him</c><00:40:39.420><c> that</c><00:40:39.820><c> is</c>

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:42.400
of<00:40:40.360><c> a</c><00:40:40.559><c> humble</c><00:40:40.739><c> and</c><00:40:40.980><c> a</c><00:40:41.139><c> contrite</c><00:40:41.519><c> heart.</c>

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:46.679
If<00:40:43.420><c> we</c><00:40:43.659><c> know</c><00:40:44.059><c> God,</c><00:40:44.940><c> brothers</c><00:40:45.019><c> and</c><00:40:45.360><c> sisters,</c><00:40:45.840><c> we</c><00:40:46.000><c> will</c><00:40:46.239><c> not</c><00:40:46.460><c> get</c>

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:50.340
into<00:40:46.960><c> these</c><00:40:47.719><c> difficult</c><00:40:48.679><c> traps</c><00:40:49.219><c> of</c><00:40:49.480><c> life</c><00:40:49.800><c> thinking</c>

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:54.059
that<00:40:50.599><c> if</c><00:40:50.760><c> we</c><00:40:50.940><c> just</c><00:40:51.159><c> set</c><00:40:51.239><c> a</c><00:40:51.420><c> king</c><00:40:51.519><c> over</c><00:40:51.820><c> us</c><00:40:52.059><c> like</c><00:40:52.320><c> all</c><00:40:52.639><c> the</c><00:40:52.800><c> nations,</c><00:40:53.960><c> then</c>

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:55.519
that<00:40:54.280><c> king</c><00:40:54.460><c> will</c><00:40:54.639><c> go</c><00:40:54.800><c> out</c><00:40:55.000><c> and</c><00:40:55.199><c> fight</c><00:40:55.280><c> our</c>

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:58.940
battles<00:40:55.760><c> for</c><00:40:56.019><c> us.</c><00:40:56.940><c> If</c><00:40:57.139><c> that</c><00:40:57.400><c> king</c><00:40:57.579><c> wasn't</c><00:40:57.980><c> a</c><00:40:58.239><c> person</c><00:40:58.539><c> who</c><00:40:58.739><c> was</c>

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:01.739
first<00:40:59.219><c> of</c><00:40:59.360><c> all</c><00:40:59.579><c> a</c><00:40:59.739><c> follower</c><00:41:00.019><c> of</c><00:41:00.280><c> Yahweh,</c><00:41:01.239><c> there</c><00:41:01.420><c> was</c>

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:05.900
no<00:41:02.000><c> advantage</c><00:41:02.619><c> to</c><00:41:03.280><c> having</c><00:41:03.440><c> that</c><00:41:03.739><c> king</c><00:41:04.179><c> and</c><00:41:05.179><c> that's</c><00:41:05.539><c> exactly</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:08.719
what<00:41:06.179><c> Samuel</c><00:41:06.679><c> was</c><00:41:07.320><c> trying</c><00:41:07.599><c> to</c><00:41:07.960><c> teach,</c>

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:12.400
but<00:41:10.460><c> he</c><00:41:10.559><c> didn't</c><00:41:10.820><c> achieve</c><00:41:11.139><c> it</c><00:41:11.320><c> in</c><00:41:11.480><c> the</c><00:41:11.579><c> events</c><00:41:11.820><c> of</c><00:41:11.960><c> verse</c><00:41:12.139><c> eight</c>

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:16.719
or<00:41:12.539><c> chapter</c><00:41:12.840><c> eight</c><00:41:14.199><c> and</c><00:41:15.179><c> because</c><00:41:15.900><c> of</c><00:41:16.139><c> that</c><00:41:16.420><c> I'd</c>

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:20.159
like<00:41:16.760><c> to</c><00:41:16.940><c> jump</c><00:41:17.219><c> ahead</c><00:41:17.760><c> and</c><00:41:18.719><c> look</c><00:41:18.900><c> at</c><00:41:19.219><c> some</c><00:41:19.460><c> of</c><00:41:19.559><c> the</c><00:41:19.699><c> things</c><00:41:19.860><c> that</c><00:41:20.000><c> are</c>

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:23.059
found<00:41:20.340><c> in</c><00:41:20.619><c> chapter</c><00:41:21.019><c> 12,</c><00:41:21.840><c> but</c><00:41:22.280><c> dealing</c><00:41:22.519><c> with</c><00:41:22.780><c> the</c>

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:29.480
same<00:41:23.280><c> record,</c><00:41:24.260><c> the</c><00:41:24.579><c> wickedness</c><00:41:25.260><c> in</c><00:41:25.820><c> asking</c><00:41:26.179><c> for</c><00:41:26.639><c> a</c><00:41:26.900><c> king.</c><00:41:29.019><c> So</c>

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:32.679
they<00:41:29.760><c> refused</c><00:41:30.199><c> to</c><00:41:30.519><c> obey</c><00:41:30.800><c> even</c><00:41:31.260><c> after</c><00:41:31.659><c> God</c><00:41:31.940><c> had</c><00:41:32.260><c> returned</c>

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:36.420
an<00:41:33.000><c> answer</c><00:41:33.320><c> and</c><00:41:34.039><c> warned</c><00:41:34.340><c> them</c><00:41:34.800><c> about</c><00:41:35.179><c> what</c><00:41:35.460><c> would</c><00:41:35.659><c> happen</c><00:41:35.940><c> when</c><00:41:36.079><c> they</c><00:41:36.280><c> had</c>

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:38.199
a<00:41:36.639><c> king</c><00:41:36.920><c> of</c><00:41:37.300><c> how</c><00:41:37.659><c> impoverished</c><00:41:38.199><c> he</c><00:41:38.199><c> was</c>

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:41.980
and<00:41:38.280><c> how</c><00:41:38.280><c> impoverished</c><00:41:38.280><c> they</c><00:41:38.500><c> would</c><00:41:38.780><c> be.</c>

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:52.139
Now<00:41:48.820><c> this</c><00:41:49.099><c> chapter</c><00:41:49.639><c> in</c><00:41:50.000><c> verse</c><00:41:50.260><c> 12</c><00:41:50.820><c> gives</c><00:41:51.179><c> us</c><00:41:51.460><c> an</c><00:41:51.659><c> insight</c><00:41:51.980><c> that</c>

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:54.360
we're<00:41:52.340><c> not</c><00:41:52.559><c> given</c><00:41:52.840><c> any</c><00:41:53.099><c> other</c><00:41:53.400><c> place</c>

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conscience<00:45:53.119><c> to</c><00:45:53.440><c> what</c><00:45:54.059><c> we</c><00:45:54.980><c> encounter</c><00:45:55.440><c> in</c><00:45:55.739><c> life</c><00:45:56.079><c> based</c><00:45:56.840><c> on</c><00:45:57.179><c> what</c>

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is<00:45:57.800><c> right.</c><00:45:59.500><c> And</c><00:45:59.699><c> so</c><00:45:59.840><c> the</c><00:46:00.099><c> conscience,</c>

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your<00:46:01.440><c> conscience,</c><00:46:02.820><c> and</c><00:46:03.000><c> my</c><00:46:03.239><c> conscience</c><00:46:03.679><c> would</c><00:46:03.880><c> love</c><00:46:04.159><c> to</c><00:46:04.380><c> have</c>

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words<00:46:04.800><c> like</c><00:46:05.079><c> that</c><00:46:05.280><c> to</c><00:46:05.460><c> use</c><00:46:05.619><c> against</c><00:46:05.980><c> us</c><00:46:06.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:46:06.460><c> it?</c>

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Turn<00:46:08.000><c> you</c><00:46:08.239><c> at</c><00:46:08.420><c> my</c><00:46:08.619><c> reproof,</c><00:46:09.980><c> behold</c><00:46:10.139><c> I</c><00:46:10.400><c> will</c><00:46:10.679><c> pour</c><00:46:10.920><c> out</c><00:46:11.139><c> my</c><00:46:11.420><c> spirit</c><00:46:11.699><c> unto</c><00:46:11.920><c> you,</c><00:46:12.199><c> I</c>

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will<00:46:12.619><c> make</c><00:46:13.000><c> known</c><00:46:13.239><c> my</c><00:46:13.519><c> words</c>

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unto<00:46:14.000><c> you,</c><00:46:15.199><c> but</c><00:46:15.579><c> because</c><00:46:16.599><c> I</c><00:46:16.800><c> have</c><00:46:17.019><c> called</c><00:46:17.360><c> and</c><00:46:17.559><c> you</c><00:46:17.840><c> refused.</c>

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Those<00:46:20.199><c> words</c><00:46:20.539><c> are</c><00:46:20.800><c> wonderful</c><00:46:21.280><c> words</c><00:46:21.659><c> to</c><00:46:21.980><c> help</c><00:46:22.199><c> us</c>

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just<00:46:23.500><c> to</c><00:46:23.980><c> finally</c><00:46:24.340><c> decide</c><00:46:24.920><c> that</c><00:46:25.139><c> we</c><00:46:25.340><c> better</c><00:46:25.559><c> go</c><00:46:25.840><c> the</c><00:46:26.079><c> spiritual</c><00:46:26.679><c> route.</c>

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You<00:46:29.099><c> remember</c><00:46:29.639><c> Proverbs</c><00:46:30.139><c> one</c>

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and<00:46:31.380><c> almost</c><00:46:31.579><c> every</c><00:46:32.119><c> stage</c><00:46:32.480><c> of</c><00:46:32.800><c> Saul's</c><00:46:33.239><c> life</c><00:46:33.480><c> which</c><00:46:33.719><c> is</c><00:46:34.019><c> a</c><00:46:34.159><c> decline</c><00:46:34.659><c> it's</c>

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it<00:46:37.199><c> goes</c><00:46:37.440><c> from</c><00:46:37.719><c> bad</c><00:46:38.019><c> to</c><00:46:38.300><c> worse</c><00:46:38.780><c> and</c><00:46:39.599><c> there</c><00:46:39.840><c> doesn't</c><00:46:40.139><c> seem</c><00:46:40.420><c> to</c><00:46:40.559><c> be</c><00:46:40.760><c> any</c><00:46:41.079><c> hills</c><00:46:41.300><c> in</c><00:46:41.460><c> it</c><00:46:41.579><c> at</c><00:46:41.760><c> all</c><00:46:41.920><c> it's</c><00:46:42.139><c> just</c><00:46:42.340><c> a</c><00:46:42.659><c> steady</c>

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decline<00:46:43.599><c> from</c><00:46:44.280><c> something</c><00:46:44.719><c> that</c><00:46:45.480><c> where</c><00:46:46.000><c> God</c><00:46:46.500><c> chose</c><00:46:46.860><c> the</c><00:46:47.119><c> man</c><00:46:47.340><c> to</c><00:46:47.699><c> represent</c><00:46:48.239><c> the</c><00:46:48.480><c> people</c><00:46:48.960><c> here's</c><00:46:50.039><c> the</c><00:46:50.239><c> here's</c><00:46:50.619><c> a</c>

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faithful<00:46:56.400><c> because</c><00:46:56.840><c> they</c><00:46:57.139><c> weren't</c><00:46:57.320><c> faithful</c>

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put<00:46:58.900><c> in</c><00:46:59.079><c> the</c><00:46:59.260><c> position</c><00:46:59.500><c> of</c><00:46:59.659><c> being</c><00:46:59.940><c> king</c><00:47:00.320><c> it</c><00:47:01.079><c> was</c><00:47:01.320><c> just</c><00:47:01.599><c> a</c><00:47:01.679><c> matter</c><00:47:01.900><c> of</c><00:47:02.139><c> going</c><00:47:02.460><c> bad</c><00:47:03.199><c> to</c>

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worse.<00:47:04.940><c> So</c><00:47:05.079><c> Proverbs</c>

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to<00:47:10.699><c> first</c><00:47:10.920><c> Samuel</c><00:47:11.320><c> chapter</c><00:47:11.860><c> 12</c>

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now<00:47:34.239><c> Samuel</c><00:47:34.659><c> makes</c><00:47:35.019><c> a</c><00:47:35.360><c> point</c><00:47:35.599><c> in</c><00:47:35.780><c> this</c><00:47:36.019><c> chapter</c><00:47:36.380><c> which</c><00:47:36.780><c> we</c><00:47:37.059><c> can</c>

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that<00:47:48.840><c> I</c><00:47:49.079><c> may</c><00:47:49.340><c> reason</c><00:47:49.739><c> with</c><00:47:50.039><c> you</c><00:47:50.280><c> before</c><00:47:50.679><c> Yahweh</c>

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you<00:47:54.800><c> and</c><00:47:55.099><c> to</c><00:47:55.239><c> your</c><00:47:55.440><c> fathers</c><00:47:55.980><c> and</c><00:47:58.019><c> when</c><00:47:58.019><c> he</c><00:47:58.019><c> did</c><00:47:58.019><c> that</c>

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ones<00:48:02.840><c> that</c><00:48:03.099><c> are</c><00:48:03.539><c> relatively</c><00:48:03.900><c> recent</c><00:48:04.579><c> history</c><00:48:05.000><c> for</c><00:48:05.239><c> these</c>

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people.<00:48:07.440><c> He</c><00:48:07.739><c> talks</c><00:48:07.980><c> about</c><00:48:08.519><c> them</c><00:48:08.900><c> coming</c><00:48:09.179><c> out</c><00:48:09.440><c> of</c><00:48:09.599><c> Egypt</c><00:48:09.960><c> and</c>

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of<00:48:32.500><c> those</c><00:48:32.820><c> examples</c><00:48:33.400><c> the</c><00:48:33.780><c> pattern</c><00:48:34.320><c> is</c><00:48:34.659><c> the</c><00:48:35.000><c> same</c><00:48:35.380><c> and</c><00:48:35.840><c> that</c><00:48:36.019><c> may</c><00:48:36.199><c> be</c>

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what<00:48:44.159><c> God</c><00:48:44.400><c> expects</c><00:48:45.000><c> is</c><00:48:46.280><c> repentance</c><00:48:46.880><c> then</c><00:48:47.519><c> comes</c><00:48:47.920><c> the</c><00:48:48.340><c> deliverance.</c><00:48:49.860><c> Verse</c><00:48:50.260><c> 13</c><00:48:51.480><c> now</c><00:48:53.159><c> it</c><00:48:53.380><c> makes</c><00:48:53.639><c> a</c><00:48:53.960><c> point</c>

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in<00:48:55.239><c> Saul's</c><00:48:55.639><c> life</c><00:48:55.800><c> which</c><00:48:56.019><c> we</c><00:48:56.179><c> will</c><00:48:56.360><c> deal</c><00:48:56.579><c> with</c><00:48:56.800><c> tomorrow</c><00:48:57.139><c> when</c>

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have<00:49:08.460><c> chosen</c><00:49:08.920><c> but</c><00:49:09.539><c> they</c><00:49:09.780><c> didn't</c><00:49:10.000><c> choose</c>

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him.<00:49:11.420><c> God</c><00:49:11.719><c> chose</c><00:49:12.059><c> him</c><00:49:12.559><c> so</c><00:49:12.980><c> in</c><00:49:13.119><c> what</c><00:49:13.360><c> sense</c><00:49:13.579><c> did</c><00:49:13.739><c> the</c><00:49:14.000><c> people</c><00:49:14.260><c> choose</c><00:49:14.599><c> him?</c><00:49:15.880><c> Well</c><00:49:16.059><c> God</c><00:49:16.400><c> knowing</c><00:49:16.920><c> the</c><00:49:17.340><c> minds</c><00:49:17.619><c> of</c><00:49:17.780><c> the</c>

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people<00:49:18.159><c> chose</c><00:49:18.960><c> the</c><00:49:19.639><c> kind</c><00:49:19.940><c> of</c><00:49:20.119><c> a</c><00:49:20.280><c> man</c><00:49:20.599><c> they</c><00:49:21.079><c> wanted</c><00:49:21.460><c> so</c><00:49:23.019><c> in</c><00:49:23.280><c> a</c><00:49:23.400><c> sense</c><00:49:23.599><c> they</c><00:49:23.940><c> chose</c><00:49:24.300><c> him</c><00:49:24.900><c> but</c><00:49:25.920><c> in</c>

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another<00:49:26.360><c> sense</c><00:49:26.679><c> God</c>

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is<00:49:46.699><c> very</c><00:49:46.960><c> much</c><00:49:47.159><c> like</c>

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Elijah<00:49:48.539><c> when</c><00:49:49.000><c> Elijah</c><00:49:49.400><c> prayed</c><00:49:49.679><c> to</c><00:49:49.940><c> God</c><00:49:50.099><c> that</c><00:49:50.280><c> there</c><00:49:50.440><c> be</c><00:49:50.539><c> no</c><00:49:50.780><c> rain</c><00:49:50.920><c> for</c>

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what<00:52:14.469><c> they've</c><00:52:14.849><c> done</c>

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God<00:52:19.329><c> they</c><00:52:19.610><c> all</c><00:52:19.969><c> confessed</c>

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that<00:52:28.590><c> God</c><00:52:28.929><c> that</c><00:52:29.489><c> they</c><00:52:29.809><c> die</c><00:52:30.030><c> not</c>

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that<00:52:49.829><c> they</c><00:52:50.110><c> refuse</c><00:52:50.829><c> to</c><00:52:51.170><c> confess</c><00:52:51.710><c> throughout</c><00:52:52.230><c> their</c><00:52:52.530><c> life</c><00:52:52.969><c> that</c><00:52:54.210><c> God</c>

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was<00:52:55.329><c> the</c><00:52:55.710><c> king</c><00:52:56.070><c> of</c><00:52:56.329><c> Israel</c>

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just<00:53:05.409><c> getting</c><00:53:05.590><c> you</c><00:53:05.829><c> prepared</c><00:53:06.150><c> for</c><00:53:06.329><c> what</c><00:53:06.469><c> we</c><00:53:06.969><c> intend</c><00:53:07.230><c> to</c><00:53:07.469><c> do</c><00:53:07.849><c> tomorrow</c><00:53:09.010><c> faithlessness</c><00:53:11.230><c> is</c><00:53:13.269><c> wickedness</c>

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rewarder<00:53:31.070><c> of</c><00:53:31.289><c> diligent</c><00:53:31.630><c> service</c><00:53:32.349><c> these</c><00:53:33.750><c> people</c><00:53:34.210><c> did</c><00:53:34.610><c> not</c><00:53:34.969><c> believe</c><00:53:35.409><c> in</c>

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